Colin Gibson Cole (7 July 1916 – 22 July 1994) was an English

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er. Cole played as a bowler for

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between 1935 and 1938.Colin Cole

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. Retrieved 2017-04-17.Colin Cole
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-17.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939'', pp. 41–42.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.) Cole made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in the

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against Yorkshire at Tonbridge. From 1935 to 1938, he represented the county in 27 first-class matches, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.First-Class Matches played by Colin Cole
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-17. He took 61 wickets at a

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of 34.59, with two five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/62.First-class Bowling For Each Team by Colin Cole
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-17. Coles played for the Kent Second XI from 1933 to 1938 in the

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. He made one further appearance for the Second XI after World War II. He was born at Sittingbourne in Kent and died nearby at Borden in July 1994 aged 78.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, Colin 1916 births 1994 deaths People from Sittingbourne English cricketers Kent cricketers Cricketers from Kent