- Derek Cole
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Personal information Full name Derek Henry Cole Born 9 March 1925
Dawlish, Devon, EnglandDied 7 April 2006 (aged 81)
Chippenham, Wiltshire, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm off break
Right-arm fast-mediumDomestic team information Years Team 1959–1967 Minor Counties 1947–1970 Devon Career statistics Competition First-class List A Matches 3 1 Runs scored 86 1 Batting average 21.50 1.00 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 36 1 Balls bowled 162 72 Wickets 2 1 Bowling average 41.00 25.00 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 1/11 1/25 Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2011 Derek Henry Cole (9 March 1925 – 7 April 2006) was an English cricketer. Cole was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm off break and right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Dawlish, Devon.
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Cricket career
Cole made his debut for Devon in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship against the Surrey Second XI. From 1947 to 1970, he represented the county in 186 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall.[1] He played a single List A match for the county against Hertfordshire in the 1969 Gillette Cup.[2] In this match he scored a single run[3] before being dismissed by Roy Wacey.[4] With the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 25 runs.[5] Cole captained Devon in this match and in Minor counties cricket.
Cole made a number of appearances in first-class cricket during his career. The first came for the South in the North v South fixture of 1956.[6] His next two first-class appearances came for the combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Indians in 1959 and against eight years later against the touring Pakistanis.[7] Cole captained the side in the 1967 fixture. In his 3 first-class matches he scored 86 runs at a batting average of 21.50, with a high score of 36.[8] With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 41.00, with best figures of 1/11.
Personal life
He was educated at Teignmouth Grammar School, later returning to the school as a teacher. He was the president of Devon County Cricket Club from 1974 to 1996.[9] He died in Chippenham, Wiltshire on April 7, 2006.
References
- ^ Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Derek Cole
- ^ List A Matches played by Derek Cole
- ^ List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Derek Cole
- ^ Hertfordshire v Devon, Gillette Cup 1969 (1st Round)
- ^ List A Bowling For Each Team by Derek Cole
- ^ South v North (1956)
- ^ First-Class Matches played by Derek Cole
- ^ First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Derek Cole
- ^ Chairmen of Devon County Cricket Club
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Categories:- 1925 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Dawlish
- People from Devon
- English cricketers
- Devon cricketers
- Devon cricket captains
- North v South cricketers
- Minor Counties cricketers
- English educationists
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