Graham Allan Cottrell (born 23 March 1945) is a former

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er and teacher.

Life and career

Cottrell attended

Kingston Grammar School Kingston Grammar School is a private co-educational day school in Kingston upon Thames, England. The school was founded by royal charter in 1561 but can trace its roots back to at least the 13th century.

before going up to

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. He won a

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for

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at Cambridge University and also played for Cambridgeshire, but was more prominent as a cricketer, playing for the university side from 1966 to 1968 and captaining the team in 1968. Cottrell was principally a medium-pace bowler. He took 20 wickets at an average of 38.80 in 1966 and 18 at 43.72 in 1967. His best season was 1968, when he took 22 at 25.36, including his best figures of 4 for 31 in his final first-class match, against

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. He was the team's most effective bowler, but gave himself only 163 overs in 12 matches. He sometimes scored useful runs in the lower order. His highest score was 81 against

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in 1967 when, after Cambridge were 69 for 6, he and Chris Pyemont added 142 for the seventh wicket at better than a run a minute. Later that season he made 50 in an hour against the touring Indian team. Cottrell played for

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Second XI from 1966 to 1970. In their 17-run victory over

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Second XI in 1967 he took 4 for 2 and 5 for 48. He also played a few games of

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for

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in 1976. Cottrell became a school teacher. He taught at

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, where he was housemaster of Cobham House from 1990 to 2000.

References

External links

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Graham Cottrell at CricketArchive
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