|
John Ashley Cockett (born 23 December 1927 in Broadstairs) is a former 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. Cockett 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Cockett )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-Class Matches played by John Cockett )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sussex v Cambridge University 1951 )〕 From 1949 to 1962, Cockett regularly played in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship for Buckinghamshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Worcestershire v Surrey 1904 )〕 On leaving Cambridge Cockett became a master at Felsted School where he taught mathematics and coached cricket and hockey.〔Alumni Felstedienses 12th edition 2000〕 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 narrowly missed out on another medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics when his side finished fourth after losing 3-1 to Germany.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Cockett )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Minor Counties v Australians 1953 )〕 At Felsted Cockett coached several future first class cricket players including Nick Knight, Derek Pringle and John Stephenson. He retired in 1989. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Cockett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|