| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Collard Cocker |
| Born | 1815 Thurnham, Kent, England |
| Died | 27 March 1885 (aged 69–70) Lower North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1842 | Kent XI |
| Only FC | 11 July 1842 Kent XI v England XI |
Source: CricInfo, 17 July 2022 | |
John Collard Cocker (1815 – 27 March 1885), known as Joe Cocker, was an English cricketer who played a single first-class cricket match for a Kent XI in 1842.[1] He was a key figure in the development of cricket in South Australia after emigrating to the colony in the 1840s and was the first curator of the Adelaide Oval.