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| name = Frank Brooks<br />
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| country = [[Southern Rhodesia]]<br />
| fullname = Frank Bertram Brooks<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|9|10|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[British Raj|India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|8|19|1884|9|10|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Harare|Salisbury]], [[Southern Rhodesia]]<br />
| batting = Right-handed batsman<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium pace<br />
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'''Frank Bertram Brooks''' (1884–1952) was a [[Southern Rhodesia]]n sportsman who represented his country as a [[cricket]]er, a [[rugby union]] player and as a [[tennis]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/5/5043/5043.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|publisher=|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Born in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[British Raj|India]], on 10 September 1884, Frank Brooks was educated at [[Bedford School]]. He was a member of one of <br />
[[Southern Rhodesia]]'s greatest sporting families, and the younger brother of [[Freddie Brooks (sportsman)|Freddie Brooks]] [[Order of the British Empire|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.<ref>Obituary, ''The Ousel'', Vol.LVI, No.779, 13 December 1952, p.227</ref><br />
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Frank Brooks died in [[Harare|Salisbury]], [[Southern Rhodesia]], on 19 August 1952, aged 67.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55272.html|title=Frank Brooks|work=Cricinfo|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Cricketers from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Rhodesian male tennis players]]</div>ImportMaster