Frank Brooks (sportsman)

Frank Bertram Brooks (1884–1952) was a Southern Rhodesian sportsman who represented his country as a cricketer, a rugby union player and as a tennis player.[1]

Frank Brooks
Personal information
Full nameFrank Bertram Brooks
Born(1884-09-10)10 September 1884
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Died19 August 1952(1952-08-19) (aged 67)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909–1922Rhodesia

Biography

Born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India, on 10 September 1884, Frank Brooks was educated at Bedford School. He was a member of one of Southern Rhodesia's greatest sporting families, and the younger brother of Freddie Brooks OBE. He represented Southern Rhodesia in cricket, between 1909 and 1922, in rugby union and in tennis, and was Rhodesian men's doubles champion for twenty-one years, between 1910 and 1931.[2]

Frank Brooks died in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 19 August 1952, aged 67.[3]

References

  1. "The Home of CricketArchive". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. Obituary, The Ousel, Vol.LVI, No.779, 13 December 1952, p.227
  3. "Frank Brooks". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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