Background
He was born at Netherton, Worcestershire.
He was born at Netherton, Worcestershire.
Brookes was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. Having played for the Worcestershire Second XI from 1976 to 1978, Brookes made his first team debut in county cricket for Staffordshire against Cheshire in the 1979 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1979 to 1981, making thirteen appearances for the county in the Minor Counties Championship during that period, with his final appearance coming against Northumberland.
In his four first-class appearances for Eastern Province B, he took 7 wickets at an average of 29.57, with best figures of 2.26.
A poor batsman, he scored just 5 runs at a batting average of 0.71.