Arthur Cock Explained

Arthur Cock
Fullname:Arthur Edwin Cock
Birth Date:17 March 1900
Birth Place:Clifton Hill, Victoria
Death Place:Box Hill, Victoria
Originalteam:South Bendigo (BFL)
Statsend:1924
Years1:1924
Games Goals1:2 (0)

Arthur Edwin Cock (17 March 1900 – 10 September 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Northcote Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of former Fitzroy (VFA) footballer (1884-1887), and former Fitzroy Football Club Secretary, Charles Sidney Cock (1858–1929),[2] [3] and Alice Annie Cock (1858–1922), née Kerr,[4] [5] Arthur Edwin Cock was born at Clifton Hill, Victoria on 17 March 1900.

His brother, Eric Francis Cock (1902–1965), played VFL football with Collingwood, and VFA football with Northcote.

Football

Northcote VFA

He played in six matches for Northcote in the VFA competition in 1920, and, also, represented the VFA against a combined Goldfields Football Association (GFA) team, at Kalgoorlie, in August 1920.[6]

South Bendigo (BFL)

[7] [8] [9] [10]

St Kilda (VFL)

He played in two senior VFL matches for St Kilda in 1924.[11] [12] [13] [14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 160.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244886742 Barclay, Bert, "How Fitzroy Club Was Formed", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 7 March 1936), p. 19.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204110452 Deaths: Cock, The Age, (Wednesday, 10 July 1929), p. 1.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201986073 Marriages: Cock—Kerr, The Age, (Monday, 18 July 1881), p. 1.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1864941 Deaths: Cock, The Argus, (Wednesday, 27 December 1922), p. 1.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204634874 Football: Victoria v. Goldfields, The (Boulder) Evening Star, (Monday, 9 August 1920), p. 2.
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184812958 Clever Forward: Arthur Cock, of Bendigo, a Versatile Player, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 6 October 1923), p. 5.
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243813568 Melbourne v. Bendigo, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 18 August 1923), p. 3.
  9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223346333 'Half-Forward', "Bendigo Players Fight Hard: League Team Extended, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 August 1923), p. 76.
  10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203651776 Football, The Age, (Thursday, 24 April 1924), p. 9.
  11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184812958 Clever Forward: Arthur Cock, of Bendigo, a Versatile Player, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 6 October 1923), p. 5.
  12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243813568 Melbourne v. Bendigo, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 18 August 1923), p. 3.
  13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223346333 'Half-Forward', "Bendigo Players Fight Hard: League Team Extended, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 August 1923), p. 76.
  14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203651776 Football, The Age, (Thursday, 24 April 1924), p. 9.

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