John Edward Crookes was an English

English people

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 cricketer

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. Crookes was a right-handed batsman.

Crookes made his county cricket debut for Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Cricket Club

Lincolnshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs, which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lincolnshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

in the 1909 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk

Suffolk County Cricket Club

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. Crookes would represent Lincolnshire in 10 Minor Counties matches. His final Minor Counties match came in 1910 against Suffolk.

Ten years later Crookes represented Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 in three first-class

First-class cricket

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 match in 1920 County Championship

County Championship

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. Crookes made his debut against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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. Crookes played two further matches for the club, against Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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 and Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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. The 1920 season was the only season in which Crookes represented the club.

Crookes died in Cuddington

Cuddington, Surrey

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, Surrey

Surrey

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 on 8 September 1948.

External links

• John Crookes at Cricinfo
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• John Crookes at CricketArchive
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