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'''Colin Cooke''' (born 21 |
'''Colin Cooke''' (born 21 November 1947) is an Australian [[cricket]]er who was a pace bowler. He played in five [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches for [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]] in 1977.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4696.html |title=Colin Cooke |access-date=1 October 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> |
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==Cricket career== |
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Cooke began his cricket career in Ipswich first representing the Ipswich team in 1963 when he was just fifteen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2014|title=Ipswich to battle Brisbane in cricket match to mark a longstanding rivalry|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-06/ipswich-brisbane-cricket-rivalry-predates-ashes/5724194 |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=ABC News}}</ref> He later played for [[Valley District Cricket Club|Valley]] in [[Brisbane Grade Cricket]] and was a member of their 1972-73 and 1973-74 One-Day premiership sides and 1974-75 First-grade premiership side. He played 145 games for the club taking 328 wickets at an average of 20.57 in total.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2019 |url=http://www.valleycricket.org.au/annual_report/2018-19.pdf|title= Valley District Cricket Club: ONE HUNDRED & NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2018/2019|access-date=31 January 2021 |website=Valley Cricket}}</ref> |
Cooke began his cricket career in Ipswich first representing the Ipswich team in 1963 when he was just fifteen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2014|title=Ipswich to battle Brisbane in cricket match to mark a longstanding rivalry|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-06/ipswich-brisbane-cricket-rivalry-predates-ashes/5724194 |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=ABC News}}</ref> He later played for [[Valley District Cricket Club|Valley]] in [[Brisbane Grade Cricket]] and was a member of their 1972-73 and 1973-74 One-Day premiership sides and 1974-75 First-grade premiership side. He played 145 games for the club taking 328 wickets at an average of 20.57 in total.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2019 |url=http://www.valleycricket.org.au/annual_report/2018-19.pdf|title= Valley District Cricket Club: ONE HUNDRED & NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2018/2019|access-date=31 January 2021 |website=Valley Cricket}}</ref> |
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Cooke made his First-class debut for Queensland in January 1977 and took 4 for 59 despite bowling with an injured ankle.<ref>{{cite news | title = Kiwis humiliate Aussies| newspaper= Papua New Guinea Post-Courier|location=Port Moresby, PNG| page =14| date =31 January 1977| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250580151| access-date = 12 January 2021 }}</ref> He played in five matches total in the 1976-77 season taking 17 wickets at an average of 30.35 and scoring just 2 runs at an average of 0.66,<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d.|title=Queensland Australian First-Class Season 1976/77: Averages|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1976-77/AUS_LOCAL/STATS/FC_1976-77_QLD.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref> and in the 1977-78 season he played one List-A game in which he did not take any wickets or score any runs which was his last time representing Queensland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d.|title=Gillette Cup 1977/78: Averages - Queensland|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/AUS_LOCAL/AUS-GC/STATS/AUS-GC_1977-78_QLD.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref> |
Cooke made his First-class debut for Queensland in January 1977 and took 4 for 59 despite bowling with an injured ankle.<ref>{{cite news | title = Kiwis humiliate Aussies| newspaper= Papua New Guinea Post-Courier|location=Port Moresby, PNG| page =14| date =31 January 1977| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250580151| access-date = 12 January 2021 }}</ref> He played in five matches total in the 1976-77 season taking 17 wickets at an average of 30.35 and scoring just 2 runs at an average of 0.66,<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d.|title=Queensland Australian First-Class Season 1976/77: Averages|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1976-77/AUS_LOCAL/STATS/FC_1976-77_QLD.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref> and in the 1977-78 season he played one List-A game in which he did not take any wickets or score any runs which was his last time representing Queensland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d.|title=Gillette Cup 1977/78: Averages - Queensland|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/AUS_LOCAL/AUS-GC/STATS/AUS-GC_1977-78_QLD.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref> |
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Colin Cooke (born 21 November 1947) is an Australian cricketer who was a pace bowler. He played in five first-class matches for Queensland in 1977.[1]
Cricket career
[edit]Cooke began his cricket career in Ipswich first representing the Ipswich team in 1963 when he was just fifteen.[2] He later played for Valley in Brisbane Grade Cricket and was a member of their 1972-73 and 1973-74 One-Day premiership sides and 1974-75 First-grade premiership side. He played 145 games for the club taking 328 wickets at an average of 20.57 in total.[3]
Cooke made his First-class debut for Queensland in January 1977 and took 4 for 59 despite bowling with an injured ankle.[4] He played in five matches total in the 1976-77 season taking 17 wickets at an average of 30.35 and scoring just 2 runs at an average of 0.66,[5] and in the 1977-78 season he played one List-A game in which he did not take any wickets or score any runs which was his last time representing Queensland.[6]
Cooke has remained an active cricketer into later life and in 2011 he was selected in the first Australian Over-60s squad to tour the UK playing two Over-60s "Test" matches against England and one against Wales.[7] In 2018 he represented Australia in an Over-70s series against England which Australia won.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Colin Cooke". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Ipswich to battle Brisbane in cricket match to mark a longstanding rivalry". ABC News. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Valley District Cricket Club: ONE HUNDRED & NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2018/2019" (PDF). Valley Cricket. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Kiwis humiliate Aussies". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby, PNG. 31 January 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Queensland Australian First-Class Season 1976/77: Averages". Cricinfo. n.d. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Gillette Cup 1977/78: Averages - Queensland". Cricinfo. n.d. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "History of Seniors Cricket". Veterans Cricket ACT. n.d. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Aussies claim over-70s series win". Veterans Cricket ACT. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2021.