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'''John Gilbert Cook''' [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (16 May 1911 in [[Bedfordshire]], England – 10 September 1979 in [[Norfolk]], England) was an English [[cricket]]er, and English [[rugby union]] player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U153425/COOK_John_Gilbert?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26719/26719.html|title=Cricket Archive profile}}</ref> Educated at [[Bedford School]], he played twice for the [[Irish cricket team]], making his debut against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) at [[Lord's]] in August 1935,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1719.htm |title=CricketEurope Stats Zone profile |access-date=19 March 2007 |archive-date=21 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121102518/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1719.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and playing his one and only [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match against [[Indian cricket team|India]] the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26719/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-class matches played by Gilbert Cook}}</ref> In 1937, he played his only rugby union international, representing [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[Six Nations Championship|Four Nations]] against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]], playing as a flanker and scoring no points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=27880|title=Rugby Union statistics at scrum.com|publisher=ESPNscrum}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of cricket and rugby union players#Irish|List of Irish cricket and rugby union players]]<br />
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