| John Cordner | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | John Pruen Cordner |
| Birth Date: | 1929 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Diamond Creek, Victoria |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 1951/52 |
| Club2: | Warwickshire |
| Year2: | 1952 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 13 |
| Bat Avg1: | 6.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 8 |
| Deliveries1: | 612 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 78.66 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/37 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Date: | 10 April |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/15/15891/15891.html CricketArchive |
John Pruen Cordner (20 March 1929 - 10 December 2016) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Melbourne.
Born in Diamond Creek, Victoria, Cordner came from a famous Australian rules football family with three brothers, Don, Denis and Ted all having noted careers for the Melbourne Football Club.[1] [2] John spent just one season with Melbourne, in 1951, and played six VFL games.
Unlike his brothers, John excelled at cricket and made his first-class debut for Victoria in the 1951/52 Sheffield Shield season. Playing against Queensland at Brisbane he dismissed both openers, Leyland Sanders and Wally Grout, with his left-arm fast-medium bowling to finish with figures of 2 for 37 in the first innings.[3] Despite playing another three first-class matches he only managed to take one further wicket. The last of those matches was for English side Warwickshire when they took on the touring Indian cricket team.[4] He was in England at the time studying nuclear science.[5] He played 34 district cricket matches for University, and took 80 wickets at 22.1.[6]
He died in December 2016.[7]