Ben Brocklehurst
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| Full name | Benjamin Gilbert Brocklehurst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1922 Tunbridge Wells , Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1954 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 3 May 1952 Somerset v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 28 August 1954 Somerset v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 October 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benjamin Gilbert Brocklehurst (18 February 1922 – 17 June 2007) was an English first-class cricketer and publisher.
Biography
Brocklehurst was born at
Pashtun company in the 4th Battalion of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 17th Division, a reconnaissance unit. He was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to acting lieutenant colonel
, taking charge of thousands of Japanese prisoners.
He returned to England and became a farmer in Berkshire for eight years. A right-handed
Free Foresters, Hampshire Hogs and Bradfield Waifs
.
After farming, he turned to publishing, first working on
He was involved with the establishment of
National Village Knockout competition in 1972. He also had the idea to stage a Cricket World Cup years before the first such event was staged. His approach to the Marylebone Cricket Club about it, in 1974, did not progress because it was "too commercial". He also sat on the council of the Lord's Taverners
. He was also an amateur artist.
He married twice, first to Mary Wynn in 1947; they had a son and a daughter. He married Belinda Bristowe in 1962; they had two sons. He was survived by his second wife, and three sons and a daughter. His daughter Charmaine married the cricketer
Tunbridge Wells
.
References
- ^ "The Cricketer - a history". The Cricketer via ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- Ben Brocklehurst at Cricinfo
- Ben Brocklehurst at CricketArchive
- Obituary, The Times, 19 June 2007
- Obituary on Yahoo
- Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2007
- Independent obituary, 30 June 2007