John Crookes

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{For|those of a similar name|John Crooks (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = John Crookes

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = John Edward Crookes

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|3|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|9|8|1890|3|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cuddington, Surrey, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Unknown

| family =

| club1 = Lincolnshire

| year1 = 1909–1910

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = 1920

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 50

| bat avg1 = 12.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 36*

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 6 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10882.html Cricinfo

}}

John Edward Crookes (7 March 1890 – 8 September 1948) was an English first-class cricketer.

Crookes was born in March 1890 at Horncastle, Lincolnshire. He played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire in 1909 and 1910, making ten appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6545/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Crookes|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} He served in the British Army during the First World War, as a sergeant major.{{cite web|url=https://hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/a-z-c-13/|title=A–Z (C13)|website=www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com|access-date=29 March 2024}} Following the war, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire in three matches in the 1920 County Championship, against Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Somerset.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6545/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Crookes|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} In these, he scored 50 runs with a highest score of 36 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6545/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Crookes|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} Crookes died in September 1948 at Cuddington, Surrey.