Mel Cooke

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league player (1934–2013)}}

{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the British organist, conductor, composer and teacher Melville Cook.}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Mel Cooke

|fullname = Melville Lance Cooke

|nickname =

|image =

|imagesize =

|caption =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|05|30|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|09|05|1934|05|30|df=yes}}

|death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

|retired = yes

|height = {{convert|178|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|86|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|position = {{rlp|SH|LF}}

|club1 = Hornby

|year1start = 19??

|year1end = 64

|club2 = Monaro

|year2start = 1965

|year2end = 68

|teamA = Canterbury

|yearAstart = 1953

|yearAend = ??

|teamB = South Island

|teamC = New Zealand

|yearCstart = 1959

|yearCend = 64

|appearancesC = 23

|triesC = 5

|goalsC = 0

|fieldgoalsC = 0

|pointsC = 15

|teamD = NSW Country

|coachteamA = Hornby

|coachyearAstart = 1963

|coachyearAend = 64

|coachteamB = Monaro

|coachyearBstart = 1965

|coachyearBend = 68

|coachteamC = Hornby

|coachyearCstart = 1969

|coachyearCend = 78

|coachteamD = Canterbury

|coachyearDstart = 1971

|coachyearDend =

|updated =

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mel-cooke/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/mel-cooke/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

}}

Melville Lance Cooke[http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=C&id=384 COOKE, Melville Lance 1959 - 64 - Kiwi #384] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719143455/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=C&id=384 |date=2011-07-19}} nzleague.co.nz (30 May 1934 – 5 September 2013) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand twenty-three times between 1959 and 1964.