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English cricketer

Geoffrey Cook
Personal information
Full nameGeoffrey 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 and attended Dulwich College before going up to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1955. He later became an Honorary Life Patron of the Queens' College Cricket Club.

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. 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.

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.

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. Between 1967 and 1970 he made seven appearances for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

References

  1. ^ Geoffrey Cook, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  2. Miscellaneous matches played by Geoffrey Cook, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  3. ^ Queens College Cricket Club, Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  4. ^ Geoffrey Cook, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  5. ^ 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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