Neville Cohen

English cricketer

Neville Cohen
Personal information
Full name
Aaron Neville Cohen
Born11 September 1913
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died4 October 1987(1987-10-04) (aged 74)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 27
Batting average 27.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 15*
Balls bowled 453
Wickets 4
Bowling average 67.25
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/79
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2020

Aaron Neville Cohen (11 September 1913 – 4 October 1987) was an English first-class cricketer and colonial official.

Cohen was born in British India at Calcutta in September 1913. He was educated in England at Cheltenham College, before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Worcestershire, a combined Minor Counties cricket team and Leicestershire, all played at Oxford in 1934.[2] He scored 27 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 15 not out.[3] With his leg break bowling, he took 4 wickets at an average of 67.25 and with best figures of 2 for 79.[4]

After graduating from Oxford, he joined the British Colonial Civil Service in British West Africa.[1] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant during the Second World War in the African Colonial Forces.[5] Cohen died at Oxford in October 1987.

References

  1. ^ a b The Colonial Office List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1951. p. 501.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Neville Cohen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neville Cohen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Neville Cohen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 35294". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1941. p. 5715.

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