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Thomas Brooks is an ex rugby union players and current head coach of South Tyneside College RUFC |
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{{dablink|For other persons named Tom or Thomas Brooks, see [[Thomas Brooks (disambiguation)]]}} |
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}} |
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{{Infobox cricketer |
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| name = Tom Brooks |
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| country = japan |
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| fullname = Thomas Francis Brooks |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|3|28|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Paddington, New South Wales]], [[Australia]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|7|16|1919|3|28|df=y}} |
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| death_place = |
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| batting = Right-handed |
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| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] |
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| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]], [[Umpire (cricket)|umpire]] |
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| club1 = [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] |
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| year1 = 1947–1953 |
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| type1 = First-class |
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| debutdate1 = 1 January |
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| debutyear1 = 1947 |
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| debutfor1 = NSW |
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| debutagainst1 = [[Queensland Bulls|Queensland]] |
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| lastdate1 = 23 January |
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| lastyear1 = 1953 |
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| lastfor1 = NSW |
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| lastagainst1 = [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] |
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| umpire = true |
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| testsumpired = 23 |
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| umptestdebutyr = 1970 |
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| umptestlastyr = 1978 |
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| odisumpired = 2 |
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| umpodidebutyr = 1971 |
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| umpodilastyr = 1975 |
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| deliveries = balls |
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| columns = 1 |
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] |
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| matches1 = 16 |
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| runs1 = 192 |
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| bat avg1 = 16.00 |
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| 100s/50s1 = 0/0 |
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| top score1 = 26[[not out|*]] |
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| deliveries1 = 1463 |
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| wickets1 = 65 |
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| bowl avg1 = 22.50 |
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| fivefor1 = 3 |
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| tenfor1 = 0 |
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| best bowling1 = 6/54 |
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| catches/stumpings1 = 10/– |
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| date = 16 July |
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| year = 2007 |
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| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4211.html Cricinfo |
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}}'''Thomas Francis Brooks''' [[Order of Australia|OAM]] (28 March 1919 – 16 July 2007) was an [[Australian Test Cricket Umpires|Australian Test cricket match umpire]] who was born in [[Paddington, New South Wales]]. Brooks had earlier played first class cricket for NSW and was the last Australian umpire to have both umpired in a [[test cricket|Test match]] and played first class cricket.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Former-cricket-umpire-Tom-Brooks-dies/2007/07/16/1184559687785.html AAP via ''Sydney Morning Herald'', "Former cricket umpire Tom Brooks dies" 16 July 2007]</ref> |
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==First Class Playing Career== |
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ew South Wales Blues|New South Wales]], between 1946/47 and 1952/53 seasons, taking 65 wickets at an average of 22.50, and scoring 192 runs at 16.00. [[Jack Pollard]] described him as a “spirited” bowler “who moved the ball appreciably in the air. He played first with the [[Waverley, New South Wales|Waverley]] club but later with the [[Manly, New South Wales|Manly]] club. |
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==International Umpiring Career== |
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He umpired 23 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] between 1970 and 1978. His first match was between [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] and [[English cricket team|England]] at [[Brisbane Cricket Ground|Brisbane]] on 27 November to 2 December 1970, a drawn match in which [[Keith Stackpole]] scored 207 and [[Doug Walters]] a century. Brooks’ partner was [[Lou Rowan]]. |
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He was appointed to umpire what would have been the third of that series, with Rowan, which was scheduled for [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|Melbourne]], but the test was abandoned without a ball bowled. Notwithstanding that Brooks and Rowan were required to make decisions on several occasions during the first three days scheduled for play, relating to the possibility of play following any number of inspections of pitch and surrounds, the [[International Cricket Council]] (I.C.C.) decided that the test could not be recognised as such. A 40-over match was played in place of the test and was won by Australia by 5 wickets. Brooks (and Rowan) thus became the first umpires to stand in a [[One Day International]] match. Brooks stood in one other ODI, in 1975. |
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===Snow-Jenner Incident=== |
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The last Test match of the 1970/71 series, at [[Sydney Cricket Ground|Sydney]] on 12 February to 17 February 1971, was a dramatic game won by England by 62 runs to regain [[the Ashes]]. In this match captain [[Ray Illingworth]] led the English players from the field following a crowd disturbance after fast bowler [[John Snow (cricketer)|John Snow]] had hit Australian lower-order batsman [[Terry Jenner]] on the head with a [[bouncer (cricket)|bouncer]]. Brooks’ colleague Lou Rowan had issued Snow with a warning for intimidatory bowling and Snow’s and Illingworth’s displeasure was clear to the crowd who booed passionately. When Snow finished his over and moved to his fielding position on the boundary, he was grabbed by a spectator, and had beer-cans thrown at him. Following the English walk-off, Illingworth was advised by the umpires either to resume or forfeit the match, and the players returned after the ground was cleared. |
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===World XI=== |
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In 1971/72 season, a scheduled tour of Australia by [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] was cancelled following political and moral protests against the [[history of South Africa in the apartheid era|apartheid]] policies of the South African government. In its place a ‘World Team’ visited Australia and played a series of matches against Australia, which although first class, were never officially recognised as Test matches. Brooks stood in three of those matches. |
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===Centenary Test=== |
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Brooks stood, with [[Max O’Connell]] in the Centenary Test Match between Australia and England, played at Melbourne on 12 March to 17 March 1977, won by Australia by 45 runs – identical to the result of the first Test 100 years before. [[Dennis Lillee]] took 11 wickets, [[Rod Marsh]] finally achieved a century against England, debutant [[David Hookes]] hit English captain [[Tony Greig]] for five consecutive fours, [[Rick McCosker]] batted with a broken jaw, and [[Derek Randall]] scored a gallant 174, in a memorable match, attended by many of the past great names of Australian and English cricket. |
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===Last Test Match=== |
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Brooks’ last Test match was also between Australia and England at [[WACA Ground|Perth]] on 15 December to 20 December 1978, won by England by 166 runs, in spite of 10 wickets in the match to [[Rodney Hogg]]. Brooks’ colleague was [[Robin Bailhache]]. Afterwards it was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald (Mossop) and the Adelaide Advertiser (Coward), that he admitted that his nerve had cracked in the match. This was never said in any form and following legal representation a retraction was later printed by the Sydney Morning Herald, on the basis that its report had been obtained from a source found not to be as trustworthy as was originally thought. The Adelaide Advertiser provided both a published and private apology. |
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==Career Summary/Honours== |
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He officiated 95 first-class matches in his career between 1967 and 1979. In 1977 he stood for a full season in the English [[County Championship]] and on the basis of points allocated out of ten per match by the various county captains relating to performance, there were only 5 (out of 28) first class umpires who accumulated more. |
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Brooks received an [[Order of Australia]] medal for his services to Cricket and Baseball in 1985. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Australian Test Cricket Umpires]] |
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*[[List of test umpires]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==References== |
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* [[Jack Pollard|Pollard, Jack]], ''Australian Cricket: 1948-1995, The Packer Years''. Sydney, The Book Company, 1995. |
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* [[Jack Pollard|Pollard, Jack]], ''Australian Cricket: The game and the players''. Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. (ISBN 0-340-28796-9) |
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* [[Lou Rowan|Rowan, Lou]], ''The Umpire’s Story: with an analysis of the laws of cricket'', Sydney, Jack Pollard, 1972. (ISBN 0-909950-26-1) |
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==External links== |
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* {{cricinfo|ref=australia/content/player/4211.html}} |
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* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5750/5750.html Cricket Archive] |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME =Brooks, Tom |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian cricketer and cricket umpire |
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| DATE OF BIRTH =28 March 1919 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Paddington, New South Wales]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH =16 July 2007 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = |
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}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Tom}} |
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[[Category:1919 births]] |
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[[Category:2007 deaths]] |
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[[Category:New South Wales cricketers]] |
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[[Category:Australian cricket umpires]] |
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[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia]] |
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Revision as of 16:58, 27 March 2013
Thomas Brooks is an ex rugby union players and current head coach of South Tyneside College RUFC