Samuel Coe

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Samuel Coe

| image = S Coe of Leics.jpeg

| country = England

| fullname = Samuel Coe

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|6|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|11|4|1873|6|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Earl Shilton

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm slow-medium

| club1 = Leicestershire

| year1 = 1896 to 1923

| club2 = London County

| year2 = 1900 to 1904

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 452

| runs1 = 17438

| bat avg1 = 24.69

| 100s/50s1 = 19/82

| top score1 = 252 not out

| deliveries1 = 22448

| wickets1 = 335

| bowl avg1 = 32.20

| fivefor1 = 3

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/38

| catches/stumpings1 = 176/0

| date = 22 May

| year = 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11210.html Cricinfo

}}

Samuel Coe (3 June 1873 – 4 November 1955) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a left-hand batsman and left-arm slow-medium bowler who played for Leicestershire.

Born in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, Coe made a total of 448 appearances for his home county over a 27-year period. He also twice played for London County, once for the Players against Gentlemen in 1908 and once for an England XI against the touring Australians of 1909.

Coe scored 17,438 first-class runs at an average of 24.69 and passed 1,000 for a season seven times.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28614/f_Batting_by_Season.html First-class Batting for each season], CricketArchive, Retrieved on 16 October 2008 His best seasonal total was 1,258 in 1914 which included his best innings of 252 not out against Northamptonshire in four hours.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9279.html Leicestershire v Northamptonshire 1914] This score was Coe's only double century and remained the county's highest score until beaten by Phil Simmons in 1994.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Leicestershire/Batting_Records/Highest_Innings_For.html Most Runs in an Innings for Leicestershire], CricketArchive, Retrieved on 16 October 2008

Coe's bowling returned 335 wickets at 32.20, with a best of 6/38 against London County in 1903. He passed 50 wickets in a season once, when in 1905 he claimed 52 at 22.38.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28614/f_Bowling_by_Season.html First-class Bowling for each season], CricketArchive, Retrieved on 16 October 2008

In July 1900, Coe became the first county victim of Bernard Bosanquet's innovation, the googly. The ball reportedly bounced four times before Coe was out stumped for 98.[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153565.html The history of mystery], Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Retrieved on 16 October 2008