About Gerald Cogger
Lived 1933 – 2019 (aged 85–86). Gerald Cogger was a British cricketer.
Gerald Lyndley Cogger (7 September 1933 – 2019) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. Cogger was born at Uckfield, East Sussex.
Cogger made his first-class debut for Sussex against Oxford University in 1954. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, all of which came in the 1957 season, and the last of which came against Somerset. In his eight first-class appearances, Cogger took 7 wickets at an average of 40.85, with a high best figures of 3/20. A tailender, he scored just 12 runs at a batting average of 1.71, with a high score of 5.
Cogger died in West Sussex in 2019, at the age of 85. His nephew, Kevin Smith, also played first-class cricket.
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Gerald Cogger was born on 7 September 1933 in Uckfield.
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Gerald Cogger died in 2019.
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Gerald Cogger was a cricketer.
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