Gerald Cogger
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Gerald Lyndley Cogger is a former English
cricket
er. Cogger was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast
. He was born at Uckfield
, Sussex
.
Cogger made his first-class
debut for Sussex
against Oxford University
in 1954. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, all of which came in the 1957 season
, and the last of which came against Somerset
. In his eight first-class appearances, Cogger took 7 wickets at an average
of 40.85, with a high best figures of 3/20. A tailender, he scored just 12 runs at a batting average
of 1.71, with a high score of 5.
His nephew, Kevin Smith
, also played first-class cricket.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Cogger was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
. He was born at Uckfield
Uckfield
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, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
.
Cogger made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
in 1954. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, all of which came in the 1957 season
1957 English cricket season
The 1957 English cricket season saw a continuation of Surrey success and an easy win for England over West Indies. Of Surrey's run of Championship titles from 1952 to 1958, this was the most decisive. They won 21 matches out of 28 and lost none, finishing with 312 points to the runner-up's 218...
, and the last of which came against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
. In his eight first-class appearances, Cogger took 7 wickets at an average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 40.85, with a high best figures of 3/20. A tailender, he scored just 12 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 1.71, with a high score of 5.
His nephew, Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith (cricketer)
Kevin Brian Smith is a former English cricketer. Smith was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Brighton, Sussex....
, also played first-class cricket.
External links
- Gerald Cogger at ESPNcricinfo
- Gerald Cogger at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...