Sam Cook (cricketer, born 1921)
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Full name | Cecil Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England | 23 August 1921|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 September 1996 Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 317) | 7 June 1947 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1946–1964 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC umpired | 297 (1965–1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA umpired | 254 (1965–1990) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 December 2018 |
Cecil "Sam" Cook (23 August 1921[1] – 4 September 1996) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and in one Test match for the England cricket team.
Life and career
Born in
Cook took 139 wickets in 1950, but by this time Johnny Wardle, Malcolm Hilton, and later Tony Lock – all far better batsmen and fielders – were able to prevent him from having the slightest chance of returning to Test cricket.[6] Owing to the loss of Goddard, Cook faltered a little between 1951 and 1955, but the wet summer and dry spring of 1956 allowed him to form a combination with Bomber Wells that led Cook to his most successful season[7] with 149 wickets for less than fifteen runs apiece, including an amazing ten for 35 against Worcestershire and thirteen for 121 against Nottinghamshire. The following two seasons were moderate, but with the newly found spinning riches of John Mortimore and David Allen, Gloucestershire acquired the most formidable bowling attack in the country during the brilliant summer of 1959, with Cook "making full use of his wealth of experience".[8] In this period, Gloucestershire, as in the days of Parker, Goddard, and Sinfield, often played three spinners, right up to the time when Cook retired in 1964. However, despite heading the first-class bowling averages for the only time in 1962, Cook's extreme weakness with the bat and in the field saw him left out for many matches even in that season[9] and on grassier pitches, the switch in emphasis to seam bowling made things even tougher for Cook as he grew older.
In all first-class cricket, Cook took 1,782 wickets. Not known for his batting skills, he scored fewer than 2,000 first-class runs and never reached 40 in an innings. After retirement, he stood as a first-class umpire until 1986.[1]
Sam Cook died in his hometown of Tetbury on 4 September 1996, at the age of 75.
References
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ a b Profile on CricInfo
- ^ "Obituary of Cecil (Sam) Cook". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1997 ed.). Wisden. p. 1401.
- ^ "Gloucestershire in 1947". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1948 ed.). Wisden. p. 312.
- ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ Selectors’ fancies
- ^ "Gloucestershire in 1956". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1957 ed.). Wisden. p. 364.
- ^ "Gloucestershire in 1959". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1960 ed.). Wisden. p. 394.
- ^ "Gloucestershire in 1962". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1963 ed.). Wisden. p. 428.
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