John Cochran (cricketer)

John Alexander Kennedy Cochran (15 July 1909 – 15 June 1987) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1931.[1]

John Cochran
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
Only Test21 February 1931 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 6
Runs scored 4 25
Batting average 4.00 4.16
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 13
Balls bowled 138 906
Wickets 0 15
Bowling average 24.06
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/34
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 November 2022

Cochran was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and a tail-end right-handed batsman. Having played only four previous first-class matches and never having taken more than three wickets in an innings, he was picked for South Africa for the fifth and final Test of the 1930–31 England tour at Durban, where South Africa needed only to draw to seal the series victory. Cochran took no wickets, but the draw was achieved.[2] He played only one further first-class match.

References

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  1. ^ "John Cochran". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Scorecard: South Africa v England". cricketarchive.com. 21 February 1931. Retrieved 9 January 2012.