Frederick Cook (cricketer)

Frederick James Cook (31 January 1870 – 30 November 1915) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1896.

Frederick Cook

Personal information
Full name	Frederick James Cook
Born	31 January 1870[1] Java, Dutch East Indies
Died	30 November 1915 (aged 45) Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Batting	Right-handed
International information
National side	South Africa
Only Test (cap 24)	13 February 1896 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1893/94–1904/05	Eastern Province
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 6 Runs scored 7 172 Batting average 3.50 17.19 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 Top score 7 59 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2022

Cook was a right-handed batsman who played for Eastern Province from the 1893–94 season to 1904–05. He made his highest score in his first-ever first-class cricket innings, when he captained Eastern Province and scored 59 and 28.[2]

In 1895–96, he played in the first Test match between South Africa and the MCC side captained by Lord Hawke. Batting at number nine, he made 7 out of a total of 93 in the first innings and failed to score in the second innings, when South Africa were bowled out for 30, with George Lohmann taking eight wickets for seven runs. In this second innings, Cook was the first dismissal in a Lohmann hat-trick which finished the match.[3]

At the outbreak of World War I he was commissioned in the Border Regiment and quickly promoted to captain. He went to Gallipoli, where he was attached to the 1/4th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) of the Royal Scots. He was killed in action on 30 November 1915.[4]