Colin Cole (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Colin Cole

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Colin Gibson Cole

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|7|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sittingbourne, Kent

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|7|22|1916|7|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Borden, Kent

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Kent

| year1 = 1935–1938

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 27

| runs1 = 228

| bat avg1 = 7.86

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 23*

| deliveries1 = 3,996

| wickets1 = 61

| bowl avg1 = 34.59

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/62

| catches/stumpings1 = 15/–

| date = 5 December

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11218.html CricInfo

}}

Colin Gibson Cole (7 July 1916 – 22 July 1994) was an English cricketer. Cole played as a bowler for Kent County Cricket Club between 1935 and 1938.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11218.html Colin Cole], CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-17.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28622/28622.html Colin Cole], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-17.Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, pp. 41–42. ([https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_Two.pdf Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.)

Cole made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in the 1935 County Championship against Yorkshire at Tonbridge. From 1935 to 1938, he represented the county in 27 first-class matches, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28622/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Colin Cole], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-17. He took 61 wickets at a bowling average of 34.59, with two five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/62.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28622/f_Bowling_by_Team.html First-class Bowling For Each Team by Colin Cole], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

Coles played for the Kent Second XI from 1933 to 1938 in the Minor Counties Championship. He made one further appearance for the Second XI after World War II. He was born at Sittingbourne in Kent and died nearby at Borden in July 1994 aged 78.