David Cook (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and rugby union footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = David Roland Cook

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|9|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Died 20th December 2021

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Left-arm fast-medium

| role =

| family = Michael Cook (brother)

Cynthia cook (wife)

Robert cook, Michael cook, Emma cook, Darren cook (children)

| club1 = Warwickshire

| year1 = 1962–1968

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 9

| runs1 = 108

| bat avg1 = 13.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 28*

| deliveries1 = 1,571

| wickets1 = 23

| bowl avg1 = 23.21

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/66

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 3

| bat avg2 = 3.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 3

| deliveries2 = 44

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 44.00

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 1/44

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 10 May

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11280.html Cricinfo

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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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28684/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by David Cook|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=10 May 2012}} Cook made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1968 County Championship. In his total of nine first-class appearances, he scored 108 runs at an average of 13.50, with a high score of 28*.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28684/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Cook|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 May 2012}} With the ball, he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 23.21, with best figures of 4/66.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28684/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by David Cook|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 May 2012}} Cook also made a single List A appearance for Warwickshire against Somerset in the 1967 Gillette Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28684/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by David Cook|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 May 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28712.html|title=Warwickshire v Somerset, 1967 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 May 2012}}

Cook also played rugby union for Coventry and Warwickshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28684/28684.html|title=Player profile: David Cook|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 May 2012}} His brother, Michael, was also a first-class cricketer.