Full name Thomas Edwin Reed Cook Name Thomas Cook Nickname Tommy Role Cricketer and footballer | Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Seam bowling 1922–1937 Sussex | |
Born 5 January 1901 ( 1901-01-05 ) Cuckfield, Sussex, England First-class debut 1 July 1922 Sussex v Leicestershire Last First-class 3 September 1937 Sussex v Surrey Died January 15, 1950, Brighton, United Kingdom | ||
Thomas Edwin Reed Cook (5 January 1901 – 15 January 1950) was an English cricketer for Sussex County Cricket Club. He was also a professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion and Bristol Rovers, who made one appearance for England in 1925. He later became manager at Brighton.
A right-handed batsman, he played 460 first class games for Sussex, making 20198 runs with 32 hundreds. He was prolific in the seasons of 1933 and 1934 where Sussex were runners-up.
Cook served in both world wars, suffering serious injuries in the latter when part of the South African Air Force.
He committed suicide ten days after his 49th birthday.
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