Alfred Brooks (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Alfred James Brooks

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1846|3|24}}

| birth_place = Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1911|11|20|1846|3|24}}

| death_place = Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1877

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 10

| bat avg1 = 3.33

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 6

| deliveries1 = 282

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 17.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/10

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 20 May

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10023.html Cricinfo

}}

Alfred James Brooks (24 March 1846 – 20 November 1911) was an English cricketer. Brooks was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Brooks made two first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire in 1877, both against Surrey.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28167/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alfred Brooks|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 May 2012}} In his first match at Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat first, making 150 all out, with Brooks scoring 6 runs before he was dismissed by James Southerton. In response, Surrey made 103 all out in their first-innings, with Brooks taking the wickets of George Elliott and Allen Chandler to finish with figures of 2/10 from twelve overs. Responding in their second-innings, Nottinghamshire made 120 all out, with Brooks being dismissed for 3 runs by George Strachan. In their second-innings, Surrey made 149 all out, with Brooks taking the wickets of Harry Jupp and Chandler, to finish with figures of 2/30 from 26.1 overs. Nottinghamshire won the match by 18 runs.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2119.html|title=Nottinghamshire v Surrey, 1877|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 May 2012}} In the return fixture at The Oval, Surrey won the toss and elected to bat, making 250 all out in their first-innings, during which Brooks took the wicket of George Jones to finish with figures of 1/45 from 32.1 overs. Nottinghamshire could then only manage just 97 all out in their first-innings, with him ending the innings not out on 1. Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 247, with Brooks himself dismissed for a duck by Ted Barratt. Requiring 95 for victory, Surrey reached their target with three wickets to spare.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2124.html|title=Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1877|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 May 2012}}

He died at the town of his birth on 20 November 1911.