Dennis Crookes
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Full name | Dennis Victor Crookes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Berea, Durban, Natal, South Africa | 18 June 1931||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Norman Crookes (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953 to 1954 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 August 2019 |
Dennis Victor Crookes (born 18 June 1931) is a former South African cricketer and businessman who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1953 and 1954.
Dennis Crookes was educated at Michaelhouse in Natal and Jesus College, Oxford.[1] After his studies at Oxford he returned to Natal, where he worked for CG Smith Sugar later Illovo Sugar, and served the family sugar-growing company Crookes Brothers as chairman from 1993 to 1998.[2]
References[]
- ^ Wisden 1954, p. 286.
- ^ "Crookes Centenary" (PDF). Crookes Brothers. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
External links[]
- Dennis Crookes at ESPNcricinfo
- Dennis Crookes at Cricket Archive
Categories:
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Cricketers from Durban
- Alumni of Michaelhouse
- Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
- South African cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- South African businesspeople
- South African cricket biography, 1930s birth stubs