Crookes (surname)
Crookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer *Jason Crookes (born 1990), English rugby league player *Joy Crookes (born 1998), British singer-songwriter *Norman Crookes (born 1935), South African cricketer, father of Derek * Ralph Crookes (1846–1897), English cricketer *William Crookes Sir William Crookes (; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing t ...

Derek Crookes
Derek Norman Crookes (born 5 March 1969) is a former South African cricketer who played 32 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1994 and 2000. In domestic cricket he played for Natal, Gauteng, Easterns and the Highveld Lions. He was educated at Hilton College. His father, Norman Crookes, was an off-spinning all-rounder who played for Natal in the 1960s and toured England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... with the South African team in 1965, but did not play a Test. References External links * 1969 births Living people People from eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality South African cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa) KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Gauteng cricketers Easterns cric ...
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Jason Crookes
Jason Crookes (born ) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a or er for the Sheffield Eagles in the Betfred Championship. Background Crookes was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Bradford Crookes played junior rugby for Newsome in Huddersfield before signing for the Bradford Bulls in 2007. He was loaned out to Widnes Vikings for the 2008 season. 2009 season Crookes made his Super League début against Hull in Round 5. His next appearance would be the win over local rivals Leeds Rhinos where he was on the subs bench and his final game in 2009 he again started at Centre against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. 2010 season Crookes appeared in all four pre-season friendlies. Crookes first game of 2010 was against Wigan Warriors in place of the injured Rikki Sheriffe. He also played against Crusaders in the Magic Weekend. His next league appearance would be in Round 25 ( St. Helens) then in Round 26 against Wakefield Trinity. He also played in the Challen ...
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Joy Crookes
Joy Elizabeth Akther Crookes (born 9 October 1998) is a British singer-songwriter. She incorporates details about relationships, self-reliance, her culture, her South London roots, and her identity in her music. Crookes has released three extended plays since 2017 and was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Brit Awards. Her debut studio album, ''Skin'', was released in October 2021 to wide critical acclaim and reached the top five in the UK. Early life Joy Elizabeth Akther Crookes was born in the Lambeth district of South London on 9 October 1998 to a Bangladeshi mother from Dhaka and an Irish father from Dublin. She grew up in Elephant and Castle where she spent eight years at a Catholic state primary school. Crookes attended the fee-paying Portland Place School in central London for secondary education. Crookes gained interest in singing after attending a jazz and blues workshop and, by the age of 13, had started publishing covers of Laura Marling and reggae to ...
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Norman Crookes
Norman Samuel Crookes (born 15 November 1935) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1962 to 1970. Career Norman Crookes was an off-spinner and useful lower-order batsman for Natal. On his first-class debut, in the Currie Cup in 1962–63, he took 5 for 62 and 2 for 48 in Natal's victory over Western Province. He was a steady performer over the next three seasons. His most significant performance was for a South African Colts XI against the touring MCC early in the 1964–65 season, when in difficult circumstances caused by illness to several of the team he scored 60 and 25 and took 2 for 66 and 5 for 102 and almost brought off a surprise victory.''Wisden'' 1966, pp. 799–800. He was selected as one of the three spin bowlers for the tour of England in 1965. Despite taking more wickets in the matches outside the Tests than any other bowler, he did not play in the three Tests.Norman Preston, "South Africans in England, 1965", ''Wisden'' 1966, ...
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Ralph Crookes
Ralph Crookes (9 October 1846 – 15 February 1897) was an English first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire in 1879 against Kent, at Mote Park, Maidstone. Crookes was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. His only first-class outing brought him little personal glory. He scored a 2 not out at number 11 in Yorkshire's first innings, and then a duck Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form t ... when he was promoted to open second time around. Although he bowled ten overs for just 14 runs in Kent's second innings, he did not take a wicket, and Kent won just seven runs as Yorkshire were bowled out for 114 chasing 121 to win. He died aged 50, in Sheffield in February 1897. References External linksCricinfo Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Crookes, Ralph 1846 births ...
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