John Cockett
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| Full name | John Ashley Cockett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1927 Broadstairs, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951-1953 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Ashley Cockett (born 23 December 1927 in Broadstairs) is a former English sportsman who was an olympic bronze medal winning field hockey player for England and Great Britain. He also played first-class and minor counties cricket.
Cockett attended Cambridge University and won his Blues at both cricket and hockey. As a cricketer he was a middle-order batsman while his hockey was played as a half-back.[1] He made seven first-class appearances for Cambridge University in 1951 and made a century against Sussex in Worthing to help set up a 137 run win.[2][3] From 1949 to 1962, Cockett regularly played in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship for Buckinghamshire.[4] On leaving Cambridge Cockett became a master at Felsted School, where he taught mathematics and coached cricket and hockey.[5]
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Cockett was a member of the Great Britain hockey team which won the Bronze Medal by defeating Pakistan 2-1. He narrowly missed out on another medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics when his side finished fourth after losing 3-1 to Germany.[6]
Cockett's only other first-class match was in 1953, when he played with the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Australians which included Alan Davidson, Ray Lindwall, Bill Johnston and Richie Benaud. Cockett scored no runs in either innings.[7]
At Felsted Cockett coached several future first class cricket players including Nick Knight, Derek Pringle and John Stephenson. He retired in 1989.
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1952 Helsinki | Field hockey |
References
- ^ "John Cockett". Cricinfo.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Cockett". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Sussex v Cambridge University 1951". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Worcestershire v Surrey 1904". CricketArchive.
- ^ Alumni Felstedienses 12th edition 2000
- ^ "John Cockett". Sports Reference.
- ^ "Minor Counties v Australians 1953". CricketArchive.
- Use dmy dates from July 2012
- 1927 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Minor Counties cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricketers
- English field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Male field hockey players
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- People from Broadstairs
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge