{{Short description|English cricketer (1933–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Gerald Lyndley Cogger | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|9|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Uckfield, East Sussex, England | death_date = 2019 (aged 85) | death_place = West Sussex, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = | family = Kevin Smith (nephew) | club1 = Sussex | year1 = 1954–1957 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 12 | bat avg1 = 1.71 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 5 | deliveries1 = 546 | wickets1 = 7 | bowl avg1 = 40.85 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/20 | catches/stumpings1 = 5/– | date = 23 November | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11211.html Cricinfo }}
'''Gerald Lyndley Cogger''' (7 September 1933 – 2019) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. Cogger was born at Uckfield, East Sussex.
Cogger made his first-class debut for Sussex against Oxford University in 1954. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, all of which came in the 1957 season, and the last of which came against Somerset.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28615/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Gerald Cogger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 November 2011}}</ref> In his eight first-class appearances, Cogger took 7 wickets at an average of 40.85, with a high best figures of 3/20.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28615/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gerald Cogger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 November 2011}}</ref> A tailender, he scored just 12 runs at a batting average of 1.71, with a high score of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28615/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gerald Cogger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 November 2011}}</ref>
Cogger died in West Sussex in 2019, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond The Boundaries No. 25 |url=https://www.thepca.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Beyond-the-Boundaries-issue-25.pdf |website=The PCA |access-date=13 December 2024 |pages=66}}</ref> His nephew, Kevin Smith, also played first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald Lyndley Cogger |url=https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results |website=GRO Index |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=11211}}
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