Neville Cohen
English cricketer
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Aaron Neville Cohen (11 September 1913 – 4 October 1987) was an English first-class cricketer and colonial official.
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
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| Full name | Aaron Neville Cohen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1913 Calcutta, Bengal, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 October 1987 (aged 74) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cohen was born in British India at Calcutta in September 1913. He was educated in England at Cheltenham College, before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Worcestershire, a combined Minor Counties cricket team and Leicestershire, all played at Oxford in 1934.[2] He scored 27 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 15 not out.[3] With his leg break bowling, he took 4 wickets at an average of 67.25 and with best figures of 2 for 79.[4]
After graduating from Oxford, he joined the British Colonial Civil Service in British West Africa.[1] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant during the Second World War in the African Colonial Forces.[5] Cohen died at Oxford in October 1987.