John Cottam Explained

John Cottam
Fullname:John Thomas Cottam
Birth Date:5 September 1867
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Coolgardie, Western Australia
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Legbreak
Columns:2
Column1:Tests
Matches1:1
Runs1:4
Bat Avg1:2.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:3
Deliveries1:0
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:1/0
Column2:First-class
Matches2:7
Runs2:273
Bat Avg2:22.75
100S/50S2:0/3
Top Score2:62
Wickets2:3
Bowl Avg2:32.66
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:2/48
Catches/Stumpings2:4/0
International:true
Onetest:true
Country:Australia
Testdebutagainst:England
Testcap:49
Testdebutdate:25 February
Testdebutyear:1887
Lasttestdate:25 February
Lasttestyear:1887
Source:http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4631.html

John Thomas Cottam (5 September 1867 in Sydney, New South Wales – 30 January 1897 in Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1887.

Jack Cottam had played in only one first-class match – for New South Wales against the touring English cricket team, when he scored 29 and 14 not out[1] – before making his Test debut a few days later in the Second Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Cottam made just four runs as Australia lost by 71 runs.[2] Cottam's five other first-class matches came on New South Wales' tour of New Zealand in 1889–90, when he made three fifties including his highest score of 62, the only fifty in the match, when New South Wales beat Wellington.[3] [4]

Cottam went to the goldfields at Coolgardie, Western Australia, near Kalgoorlie, where he died of typhoid fever, aged 29, in 1897.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New South Wales v A Shaw's XI 1886-87 . CricketArchive . 27 March 2020.
  2. Web site: 2nd Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 25 – Mar 1 1887 . Cricinfo . 27 March 2020.
  3. Web site: New South Wales in New Zealand, 1889/90 . Cricinfo . 27 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Wellington v New South Wales 1889-90 . CricketArchive . 27 March 2020.
  5. Cricket Chatter . The Arrow . 20 February 1897 . 2 .