The former Oxfordshire cricketer Alan Cook died on 1 st February aged 80. A leg spinner he played 7 matches for the county in 1976-77.
In total he took 17 wickets at an average of 35.18 with best figures of 3-74 against Bucks at Marlow. A long-standing member of Headington United CC, he later moved to the Midlands. A keen and enthusiastic player, he continued to play club cricket into his seventies and represented both England Over 60s and Over 70s on tours to Australia.
His funeral is at Nuneaton Heart of England Crematorium at 11.45am on Monday 11 th March.