Charles Edward William Brooks (17 February 1927 – 18 May 2002) was an English

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er. Brooks was a right-handed batsman who bowled

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. He was born at Epsom,

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. Brooks made his

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debut for

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in 1951 against Cornwall. From 1951 to 1966, he represented the county in 99 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came in the 1966 Championship when Berkshire played Devon. Additionally, he also played List-A matches for Berkshire. His List-A debut for the county came against Somerset in the

1965 Gillette Cup The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965. The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoff Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord ...

. From 1965 to 1966, he represented the county in 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming in the 2nd round of the

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when Berkshire played Gloucestershire at

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in Reading. In his 3 matches, he scored 43 runs at a batting average of 21.50, with a high score of 37 *.List-A Bowling For Each Team by Charles Brooks
/ref> Brooks died at Abingdon,

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on 18 May 2002.

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