John Cottam

For the former English footballer, see John Cottam (footballer).

John Cottam

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak
International information
National side	Australian
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 7 Runs scored 4 273 Batting average 2.00 22.75 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 Top score 3 62 Balls bowled 0 Wickets 0 3 Bowling average - 32.66 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling - 2/48 Catches/stumpings 1/0 4/0
Source: [1]

John Thomas Cottam (5 September 1867 in Sydney, New South Wales – 30 January 1897 in Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1887.

Cottam played in only one first-class match - for New South Wales against the touring English cricket team - before making his Test debut in the Second Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Cottam made just four runs as Australia lost by 71 runs (scorecard). Cottam's career in cricket would end shortly after his Test debut. The former cricketer was lured to the goldfields at Coolgardie, Western Australia, near Kalgoorlie, where he died of typhoid fever, aged 29, in 1897.

References

Smith, Rick (2000), Australian Test Cricketers. Sydney. ABC Books. ISBN 0-7333-0321-8.

External links

• Cricinfo article on John Cottam