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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
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| country = England<br />
| full_name = John Montague Brocklebank<br />
| birth_date = 3 September 1915<br />
| birth_place = [[Meols]], [[Cheshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1974|9|13|1915|9|3}}<br />
| death_place = [[Palazz Zetjun]], Malta<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = [[Thomas Brocklebank]] (brother)<br>[[Stanley Jackson (cricketer)|Stanley Jackson]] (uncle)<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = [[Leg break]]<br>Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]<br />
| year1 = 1936<br />
| club2 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]<br />
| year2 = 1938&ndash;1948<br />
| club3 = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]<br />
| year3 = 1900<br />
| club4 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]<br />
| year4 = 1947/48<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 21<br />
| runs1 = 112<br />
| bat avg1 = 9.33<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 23<br />
| deliveries1 = 3,883<br />
| wickets1 = 68<br />
| bowl avg1 = 29.38<br />
| fivefor1 = 4<br />
| tenfor1 = 2<br />
| best bowling1 = 6/92<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–<br />
| date = 20 February<br />
| year = 2019<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9407.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
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'''Sir John Montague Brocklebank, 5th Baronet''' (3 September 1915 – 13 September 1974) was the 5th baronet of the [[Brocklebank baronets]],<ref name=Burke>''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, p. 514., {{ISBN|0-9711966-2-1}}.</ref><br />
the chairman of the shipping company [[Cunard]], and a [[first-class cricket]]er for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]], [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]], Bengal and various amateur sides before and after the [[Second World War]].<ref name=CA>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13056/13056.html| title = Player Profile: John Brocklebank | publisher=CricketArchive | access-date = 1 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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Brocklebank was born in [[Hoylake]], [[Cheshire]] and died in [[Malta]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]] and gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army). He fought in the Second World War, and was a [[POW]] from 1943 to 1945.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} He was a younger son of Sir Aubrey Brocklebank, 3rd Baronet and succeeded his unmarried brother [[Thomas Brocklebank|Sir Thomas Aubrey Lawies Brocklebank, 4th Baronet]], also a first-class cricketer for Cambridge University, to the baronetcy in 1953. He was in turn succeeded by his own son [[Sir Aubrey Thomas Brocklebank]], the 6th and present Baronet.<br />
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He appeared in 21 [[first-class cricket|first-class matches]] as a righthanded [[batting (cricket)|batsman]] who [[bowling (cricket)|bowled]] right arm [[Leg spin|leg break]] or [[fast bowling|medium pace]]. He scored 112 [[run (cricket)|runs]] with a highest score of 23 and held seven catches. He took 68 [[wicket]]s with a best analysis of six for 92.<ref name=CA/> Brocklebank was chosen in the England team to play three Tests in India in 1939–40, but the tour was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.<ref>{{cite web |title=Test Cricket Tours - England to India 1939-40 |url=http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_3116501.html |website=Test-cricket-tours.co.uk |access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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