David Roland Cook (born 2 September 1936) is a former English cricketer. Cook was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire.
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| Full name | David Roland Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1936 Birmingham, West Midlands, England Died 20th December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Michael Cook (brother)
Cynthia cook (wife) Robert cook, Michael cook, Emma cook, Darren cook (children) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1962–1968 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cook made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Oxford University in 1962. He next appeared for the county in first-class cricket in 1967 against Middlesex in the County Championship.[1] Cook made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1968 County Championship.[1] In his total of nine first-class appearances, he scored 108 runs at an average of 13.50, with a high score of 28*.[2] With the ball, he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 23.21, with best figures of 4/66.[3] Cook also made a single List A appearance for Warwickshire against Somerset in the 1967 Gillette Cup.[4] His only wicket in the match was that of Mervyn Kitchen, while with the bat he was run out for 3, with Somerset winning by 23 runs.[5]
Cook also played rugby union for Coventry and Warwickshire.[6] His brother, Michael, was also a first-class cricketer.
References
edit- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by David Cook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Cook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by David Cook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "List A Matches played by David Cook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Somerset, 1967 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Player profile: David Cook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2012.