John Cordner (sportsman)

John Cordner

Personal information
Full name	John Pruen Cordner
Born	(1929-03-20) 20 March 1929 Diamond Creek, Victoria
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1951/52	Victoria
1952	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 4 Runs scored 13 Batting average 6.50 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 8* Balls bowled 612 Wickets 3 Bowling average 78.66 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2-37 Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive

John Pruen Cordner (born 20 March 1929 in Diamond Creek, Victoria) 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, Leyland Sanders and Wally Grout, with his left-arm fast-medium bowling 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.

See also

• List of Victoria first-class cricketers

External links

• John Cordner's statistics from AFL Tables
• Cricinfo profile