Dennis Crookes

{{short description|South African cricketer and businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Dennis Crookes | image = | country = | fullname = Dennis Victor Crookes | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1931|6|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Berea, Durban, Natal, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | family = Norman Crookes (brother) | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg-spin | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = {{nowrap|1953–1954}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 11 | runs1 = 227 | bat avg1 = 17.46 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 33 | deliveries1 = 143 | wickets1 = 3 | bowl avg1 = 41.66 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/0 | catches/stumpings1 = 4/– | date = 31 August 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11437.html Cricinfo }} '''Dennis Victor Crookes''' (born 18 June 1931) is a former South African cricketer and businessman who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1953 and 1954.

Dennis Crookes was educated at Michaelhouse in Natal and Jesus College, Cambridge.<ref>''Wisden'' 1954, p. 286.</ref> After his studies at Cambridge he returned to Natal, where he worked for CG Smith Sugar later Illovo Sugar, and served the family sugar-growing company Crookes Brothers as chairman from 1993 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbl.co.za/centenary/files/assets/common/downloads/Crookes%20Centenary.pdf| title = Crookes Centenary| publisher = Crookes Brothers| accessdate = 31 August 2019}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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