John Cotton (born 7 November 1940) is a former English cricketer.[1] He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire between 1958 and 1969.
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| Born | 7 November 1940 Newstead, Nottinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1964 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1969 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 June 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cotton was born in Newstead, Nottinghamshire.[2] He made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire in 1958 at the age of 17 years and 181 days.[3]
Cotton took his best first-class bowling figures in 1967 for Leicestershire against the touring Indian team, when he "utterly demolished the tourists' batting in just over two hours", finishing with 9 for 29 and dismissing the Indians for 63.[4] He took three wickets in four balls for Nottinghamshire against the touring South African team in 1960, and took a hat-trick on the first morning of Leicestershire's match against Surrey at The Oval in May 1965.[3][5]
References edit
- ^ "Player Profile: John Cotton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "John Cotton". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b "John Cotton". Nottinghamshire CCC. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Wisden 1968, pp. 302–3.
- ^ Wisden 1966, p. 557.
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