:Gilbert Cook

{{Short description|English cricketer and rugby union player}}

{{For|the US Army general|Gilbert R. Cook}}

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John Gilbert Cook CVO CBE (16 May 1911 in Bedfordshire, England – 10 September 1979 in Norfolk, England) was an English cricketer, and English rugby union player.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U153425/COOK_John_Gilbert?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26719/26719.html|title=Cricket Archive profile}} Educated at Bedford School, he played twice for the Irish cricket team, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in August 1935,{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1719.htm |title=CricketEurope Stats Zone profile |access-date=19 March 2007 |archive-date=21 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121102518/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1719.htm |url-status=dead }} and playing his one and only first-class match against India the following year.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26719/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-class matches played by Gilbert Cook}} In 1937, he played his only rugby union international, representing England in the Four Nations against Scotland, playing as a flanker and scoring no points.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=27880|title=Rugby Union statistics at scrum.com|publisher=ESPNscrum}}