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Geoffrey Cook (cricketer, born 1936)

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Geoffrey Cook
Personal information
Full name
Geoffrey William Cook
Born (1936-02-09) 9 February 1936 (age 88)
Beckenham, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956–1958Cambridge University
1957Kent
1967–1970Berkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 47
Runs scored 1,858
Batting average 28.15
100s/50s 3/12
Top score 140
Balls bowled 4,843
Wickets 64
Bowling average 36.07
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/45
Catches/stumpings 26/–
Source: CricInfo, 19 April 2017

Geoffrey William Cook (born 9 February 1936) is a former English cricketer who played mainly for Cambridge University. He was born in Beckenham in Kent[1] and attended Dulwich College before going up to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1955.[2][3] He later became an Honorary Life Patron of the Queens' College Cricket Club.[3]

Cook played Second XI cricket for Kent from 1954 to 1959, appearing in both the Minor Counties Championship and the Second XI Championship for the team.[4] He made his first-class cricket debut for Cambridge against Sussex at Fenner's in May 1956 before going on to play 37 times for the University between 1956 and 1958, winning a cricket Blue and playing in two University matches.[4][5]

In the 1957 University Match he batted in a partnership with Gamini Goonesena worth 289 runs for the seventh wicket with Cook scoring 111 runs. This set a record for the highest partnership for any wicket by either side in University Matches and the record partnership in first-class cricket for the seventh wicket at Lord's, both records which still stand as of April 2017.[5][6]

Cook made four First XI appearances for Kent in the 1957 County Championship and, after he had completed his degree, also turned out in first-class cricket for Free Foresters and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).His final first-class appearance was in 1961, playing for LC Stevens XI against his old University having appeared in a total of 47 first-class matches.[1][4] Between 1967 and 1970 he made seven appearances for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Geoffrey Cook, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  2. ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Geoffrey Cook, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  3. ^ a b Queens College Cricket Club, Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  4. ^ a b c d Geoffrey Cook, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  5. ^ a b Past Cricket Internationals & Blues, Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  6. ^ Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood - Highest partnership for each wicket in first-class cricket, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
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