J. Brooks

Actor

BIOGRAPHY

J. Brooks (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Brooks batting style is unknown, but it is known he was a medium pace bowler, although the arm he bowled with is not known.Brooks made a single first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Sussex in the 1892 County Championship. In this match, he was dismissed twice for a duck, with him being bowled by Fred Tate in Gloucestershires first-innings, while in their second-innings he was run out. In Sussexs first-innings he bowled 6 overs, taking the wicket of Frank Guttridge for 31 runs from those 6 overs. A contemporary report described him as one of the ground staff at Bristol; he took the place of William Woof.

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