{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Fraser James Cooke | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|4|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hall Green, Worcestershire, England | nickname = | family = | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1994 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 80 | bat avg1 = 13.33 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 34* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 9/1 | date = 22 September | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10941.html Cricinfo }}
'''Fraser James Cooke''' (born 2 April 1972) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Cooke was born in the Birmingham suburb of Hall Green. He later studied at the University of Cambridge, attending Fitzwilliam College.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, Cooke played first-class cricket as a wicket-keeper for Cambridge University in 1994, making nine appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11425/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Fraser Cooke |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-24 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> One of his nine appearances came in that seasons University Match at Lord's, where he shared in a stand of 66 for the final wicket with Chris Pitcher to help Cambridge recover from 186 for 9 to 253 all out in their first innings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-yeabsley-ensures-oxfords-control-1410925.html |title=Cricket: Yeabsley ensures Oxford's control |first=Rob |last=Steen |date=1994-07-01 |work=The Independent |accessdate=2020-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59121.html |title=Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1994 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-24 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 80 runs in his nine appearances, with a high score of 34 not out in The University Match. As a wicket-keeper, he took 9 catches and made a single stumping.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11425/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Fraser Cooke |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-24 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooke, Fraser}} Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands Category:Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Category:English cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:Cricketers from the West Midlands (county)