Larry Cordner
Australian rules footballer, born 1911
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Laurence Osmaston Cordner (7 February 1911 – 11 July 1992) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the VFL with Hawthorn.
Warrnambool, Victoria
Penshurst, Victoria
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| Full name | Laurence Osmaston Cordner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1911 Warrnambool, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 July 1992 (aged 81) Penshurst, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break and googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1930/31–1933/34 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cordner made just one VFL appearance for Hawthorn, against Collingwood at Glenferrie Oval during the 1933 season.[1] His cousins were more successful, two of them Denis and Don, are members of the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century. His half-brother Alan Cordner also played senior VFL football.
The first of Cordner's three first-class cricket matches came in the Sheffield Shield competition of 1930–31 against South Australia, with his only notable contribution being the wicket of Bert Tobin.[2] Four weeks later, at the MCG, he was part of the Victorian team which played a tour match with the West Indians. He took five wickets in the match, including Lionel Birkett twice and a prized victim in George Headley.[3] Cordner then saved the game for Victoria with the bat by making 30 not out in the fourth innings as Victoria hung on with nine wickets down.[4] His final match came in 1934 against Western Australia.
