| Graham Cottrell | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Graham Allan Cottrell |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Datchet, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1966–1968 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 39 |
| Runs1: | 1108 |
| Bat Avg1: | 16.78 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 81 |
| Deliveries1: | 4044 |
| Wickets1: | 60 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 35.35 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/31 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 17/– |
| Date: | 15 December |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11352.html Cricinfo |
Graham Allan Cottrell (born 23 March 1945) is a former first-class cricketer and teacher.
Cottrell attended Kingston Grammar School before going up to St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He won a Blue for hockey at Cambridge University and also played for Cambridgeshire,[1] but was more prominent as a cricketer, playing for the University side from 1966 to 1968 and captaining the team in 1968.
Cottrell was principally a medium-pace bowler. He took 20 wickets at an average of 38.80 in 1966 and 18 at 43.72 in 1967.[2] His best season was 1968, when he took 22 at 25.36, including his best figures of 4 for 31 in his final first-class match, against Oxford University.[3] He was the team's most effective bowler, but gave himself only 163 overs in 12 matches.[4]
He sometimes scored useful runs in the lower order. His highest score was 81 against Nottinghamshire in 1967[5] when, after Cambridge were 69 for 6, he and Chris Pyemont added 142 for the seventh wicket at better than a run a minute.[6] Later that season he made 50 in an hour against the touring Indian team.[7]
Cottrell played for Surrey Second XI from 1966 to 1970. In their 17-run victory over Warwickshire Second XI in 1967 he took 4 for 2 and 5 for 48.[8] He also played a few games of Minor Counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1976.
Cottrell became a school teacher. He taught at Stowe School, where he was housemaster of Cobham House from 1990 to 2000.[9]