John Cockett
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| Full name | John Ashley Cockett | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1927 Broadstairs, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 February 2020 (aged 92)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 16 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||
John Ashley Cockett (23 December 1927 – 16 February 2020) was an 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.[3]
Cockett was born in Broadstairs. He 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.[4] 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.[5][6] From 1949 to 1962, Cockett regularly played in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship for Buckinghamshire.[7] On leaving Cambridge Cockett became a master at Felsted School, where he taught mathematics and coached cricket and hockey.[8]
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 played his club hockey with Chelmsford Hockey Club.[9] He narrowly missed out on another medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics when his side finished fourth after losing 3–1 to Germany.[10]
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.[11]
| Olympic medal record | ||
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1952 Helsinki | Field hockey |
References
[edit]- ^ John Cockett's obituary
- ^ Cricket Archive: John Cockett
- ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "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
- ^ "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times.
- ^ "John Cockett". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v Australians 1953". CricketArchive.
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- 1927 births
- 2020 deaths
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Minor Counties cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricketers
- English male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- People from Broadstairs
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Cricketers from Kent