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Full name
  
Cook

c.1720-1740
  
Middlesex

Name
  
Cook Cook

Role
  
bowler

Batting style
  
unknown hand


Born
  
c.1700
England

Bowling style
  
underarm: unknown hand and type

c.1720-1740
  
Brentford Cricket Club

Alastair cook life from schoolboy to england cricket record holder 2017 ex england cricket caption


Cook (dates unknown) was an English professional cricketer from Brentford who played in first-class cricket for Middlesex and Brentford Cricket Club during the 1730s. He was "reckoned one of the best bowlers in England".

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Career

Cook is mentioned in 1735 re two matches at Moulsey Hurst. He played as a given man for London Cricket Club versus Surrey on Saturday, 7 June; and for a combined London & Middlesex XI versus Kent on Saturday, 12 July.

In the first match, Cook was hired as a replacement for Ellis of London, who was "their best bowler". With Cook's help, London won the game by 9 wickets. In the second match, he was one of three Middlesex players in the combined XI which included eight London players.

As Cook had established his reputation by 1735, he must have been active for some years previously and his career probably began in the 1720s. Very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports and there are no other references to Cook.

References

Cook (Brentford cricketer) Wikipedia