- Basil Brooke (cricketer)
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Basil Brooke
country = England
fullname = Basil Charles Barrington Brooke
dayofbirth = 6
monthofbirth = 4
yearofbirth = 1895
placeofbirth =Boddington House ,Northamptonshire
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath = 20
monthofdeath = 1
yearofdeath = 1983
placeofdeath =Saffron Walden ,Essex
countryofdeath = England
club1 = Royal Navy
year1 = 1919-1926
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 9 June
debutyear1 = 1919
debutfor1 = Royal Navy
debutagainst1 = Cambridge University
lastdate1 = 17 July
lastyear1 = 1926
lastfor1 = Royal Navy
lastagainst1 = Army
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 61
bat avg1 = 15.25
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 28
deliveries1 = 90
wickets1 = 3
bowl avg1 = 19.66
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 2/48
catches/stumpings1 = 3/0
date = 10 August
year = 2008
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28163/28163.html CricketArchiveBasil Charles Barrington Brooke (
6 April 1895 –20 January 1983 ) was an Englishcricket er, [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/10019.html Cricinfo profile] ] who also played for theSingapore national cricket team . He played twice for theRoyal Navy Cricket Club infirst-class cricket . [ [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28163/28163.html CricketArchive profile] ]He made his first-class debut in 1919 against Cambridge University, taking the wicket of future England Test player George Wood. [ [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9554.html Scorecard] of Cambridge University v Royal Navy,
9 June 1919 atCricketArchive ] He played one more first-class match, also for the Royal Navy, against theBritish Army cricket team in 1926. [ [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28163/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Basil Brooke] at CricketArchive] In 1927, he played twice for Singapore against WAS Oldfield's XI. [ [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28163/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Basil Brooke] at CricketArchive]References
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