| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
23 December 1927 Broadstairs, Kent, England | |||||||||||||
| Died |
16 February 2020 (aged 92)[1][2] Norfolk, England | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Half-back | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||
| 1952–1952 | Chelmsford | |||||||||||||
| 1954–1955 | Edgbaston | |||||||||||||
| 1955–1958 | Cambridge University Wanderers | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| England | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Cricket information | |||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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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 and appeared at two Olympic Games.[3]He also played first-class and minor counties cricket.[4]
Biography
[edit]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.[5] 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.[6][7] From 1949 to 1962, Cockett regularly played in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship for Buckinghamshire.[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][11]
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.[12]
On leaving Cambridge Cockett became a master at Felsted School, where he taught mathematics and coached cricket and hockey.[13] He retired from teaching in 1989.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ John Cockett's obituary
- ^ Cricket Archive: John Cockett
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times.
- ^ "John Cockett". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Welsh trio in Olympics Hockey XI". Western Mail. 30 May 1956. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Minor Counties v Australians 1953". CricketArchive.
- ^ Alumni Felstedienses 12th edition 2000
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