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1898 births1960 deathsEnglish cricketersLondon Counties cricketersSurrey cricketersPlayers cricketersEnglish cricketers of 1919 to 1945H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers


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Ted Brooks
Personal information
Full nameEdward William John Brooks
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1925–1939Surrey

Career statistics



























CompetitionFirst-class
Matches359
Runs scored4497
Batting average13.07
100s/50s0/9
Top score70

Balls bowled
6
Wickets0
Bowling average-
5 wickets in innings0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings
727/97
Source: CricketArchive

Edward William John Brooks (8 July 1898 at Camberwell, London – 10 February 1960 at Rustington, Sussex) was an English cricketer. A wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1925 to 1939, all but five of his first-class appearances being for the county. Only Herbert Strudwick has exceeded his 810 dismissals for the county.


He originally joined the Surrey staff as a medium-paced bowler. In a minor match in 1923 he kept wicket when the regular wicketkeeper was injured, and did so well that he concentrated on his keeping from then on. When Strudwick retired after the 1927 season, Brooks succeeded him as the regular first team keeper, having already played in some matches from 1925 to 1927 when Strudwick was injured or away playing for England. He was notably acrobatic behind the stumps and kept particularly well to fast bowling. That he was regarded highly as a keeper is indicated by the fact that he played four times for the Players against the Gentlemen between 1931 and 1935. He took six catches in an innings against Kent at Blackheath in 1935, which equalled the Surrey record.


Though no better than a useful tail-end batsman, when he made his highest score of 70, against Hampshire at the Oval in 1936, he shared a stand of 168 for the ninth wicket with Errol Holmes in just 75 minutes. This remains the Surrey record partnership for that wicket.


He was noted as a humorist, both on and off the field. In one match he missed two stumpings off Freddie Brown in one over and another in Brown's next over, all from the same batsman. In the following over he held a fine diving catch off Alf Gover to dismiss the batsman. Brooks walked up to Brown and said: "I can catch 'em if I can't stump 'em."[1]



References




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    ISBN 0-213-00390-2, p83.




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  • Cricinfo (includes obituary from The Cricketer)

  • Obituary from 1961 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack


  • Surrey County Cricket Club First-Class Records 1846-2000, Limited Overs Records 1963-2000, compiled by The Surrey Statistics Group, published by Surrey County Cricket Club.


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