John Cordner (sportsman)
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John Pruen Cordner is a former Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket
for Victoria
and Australian rules football
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL) with Melbourne
.
Cordner comes from a famous Australian rules football family with three brothers, Don
, Denis
and Ted
. all having noted careers for the Melbourne Football Club. 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 with his left-arm fast-medium bowling, Leyland Sanders
and Wally Grout
, to finish with figures of 2 for 37 in the first innings.
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. He was in England at the time studying nuclear science.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Victoria
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
and Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL) with Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
.
Cordner comes from a famous Australian rules football family with three brothers, Don
Don Cordner
Dr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s...
, Denis
Denis Cordner
George Denis Pruen Cordner was an Australian rules football player. His brothers Don, John and Ted were also notable sportsmen.Denis Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956....
and Ted
Ted Cordner
Ted Cordner is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s. The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members Denis and Don Cordner, Ted would have played more than 52 games had he not pursued a medical career...
. all having noted careers for the Melbourne Football Club. 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 with his left-arm fast-medium bowling, Leyland Sanders
Leyland Sanders
Leyland Arthur "Ley" Sanders was an Australian sportsman who represented Queensland in both Australian rules football and Sheffield Shield cricket....
and Wally Grout
Wally Grout
Arthur Theodore Wallace Grout was a Test cricketer who kept wicket for Australia and Queensland.Grout played in 51 Test matches between 1957 and 1966...
, to finish with figures of 2 for 37 in the first innings.
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
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
when they took on the touring Indian cricket team. He was in England at the time studying nuclear science.