Sir John Brocklebank, 5th Baronet

Sir John Montague Brocklebank (3 September 1915 – 13 September 1974) was the 5th baronet of the Brocklebank baronets,[1] the chairman of the shipping company Cunard, and a first-class cricketer for Cambridge University, Lancashire, Bengal and various amateur sides before and after the Second World War.[2]

Sir John Brocklebank, 5th Baronet

Personal information
Full name	John Montague Brocklebank
Born	3 September 1915 Meols, Cheshire, England
Died	13 September 1974(1974-09-13) (aged 59) Palazz Zetjun, Malta
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg break Right-arm medium
Relations	Thomas Brocklebank (brother) Stanley Jackson (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936	Cambridge University
1938–1948	Marylebone Cricket Club
1900	Lancashire
1947/48	Bengal
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 21 Runs scored 112 Batting average 9.33 100s/50s –/– Top score 23 Balls bowled 3,883 Wickets 68 Bowling average 29.38 5 wickets in innings 4 10 wickets in match 2 Best bowling 6/92 Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2019

Brocklebank was born in Hoylake, Cheshire and died in Malta. He was educated at Eton College and gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army). He fought in the Second World War, and was a POW from 1943 to 1945.[3] He was a younger son of Sir Aubrey Brocklebank, 3rd Baronet and succeeded his unmarried brother Sir Thomas Aubrey Lawies Brocklebank, 4th Baronet, also a first-class cricketer for Cambridge University, to the baronetcy in 1953. He was in turn succeeded by his own son Sir Aubrey Thomas Brocklebank, the 6th and present Baronet.

He appeared in 21 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm leg break or medium pace. He scored 112 runs with a highest score of 23 and held seven catches. He took 68 wickets with a best analysis of six for 92.[2] Brocklebank was chosen in the England team to play three Tests in India in 1939-40, but the tour was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.[4]

References

1. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, p. 514., ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
2. "Player Profile: John Brocklebank". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p17865.htm#i178643
4. "Test Cricket Tours - England to India 1939-40". Test-cricket-tours.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

External links

• Sir John Brocklebank, 5th Baronet at ESPNcricinfo