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| Full name | John Pruen Cordner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1929 Diamond Creek, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 2016 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951/52 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Pruen Cordner (20 March 1929 – 10 December 2016) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Melbourne.
Born in Diamond Creek, Victoria, Cordner came from a famous Australian rules football family with three brothers, Don, Denis and Ted all having noted careers for the Melbourne Football Club.[1][2] John spent just one season with Melbourne, in 1951, and played six VFL games.
Unlike his brothers, John excelled at cricket and made his first-class debut for Victoria in the 1951/52 Sheffield Shield season. Playing against Queensland at Brisbane he dismissed both openers, Leyland Sanders and Wally Grout, with his left-arm fast-medium bowling to finish with figures of 2 for 37 in the first innings.[3] Despite playing another three first-class matches he only managed to take one further wicket. The last of those matches was for English side Warwickshire when they took on the touring Indian cricket team.[4] He was in England at the time studying nuclear science.[5] He played 34 district cricket matches for University, and took 80 wickets at 22.1.[6]
He died in December 2016.[7]