Rudolph Cohen

Rudolph Alexander Cohen (born 4 August 1942, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1963 to 1967. He toured England in 1966 with the West Indian team but did not play Test cricket.

Rudolph Cohen

Personal information
Full name	Rudolph Alexander Cohen
Born	4 August 1942 Kingston, Jamaica
Batting	Right-hand batsman
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1963-64 to 1966-67	Jamaica
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 37 Runs scored 160 Batting average 7.27 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 32* Balls bowled 4492 Wickets 82 Bowling average 31.80 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/71 Catches/stumpings 15/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 28 June 2014

A right-arm fast bowler, Cohen made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1963-64. In that season and the next two he played 15 matches[1] and took 27 wickets.[2]

He played club cricket in England in 1965, taking 33 wickets at an average of 13.84 for Smethwick in the Birmingham and District League,[3] and 17 wickets at 18.64 for Warwickshire Second XI.[4] In 1965-66, when Jamaica finished at the bottom of the Shell Shield table without a win, he took 10 wickets at 41.90.[5]

He was not in the original selected team to tour England in 1966, but when Lester King had to withdraw, Cohen was selected to replace him. He was the youngest player in the team.[6] The established pace trio of Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith and Gary Sobers played all five Tests, and Cohen played in 18 of the 22 other first-class matches, taking 40 wickets at 24.22, with his career-best innings figures of 6 for 71 against Sussex.[7]

King returned to the team when the West Indians toured India in 1966-67. Cohen led the Jamaican bowling in the Shell Shield later that season, with 15 wickets at 31.86,[8] but played no further first-class cricket thereafter.

References

1. Rudolph Cohen batting by season
2. Rudolph Cohen bowling by season
3. Wisden 1966, p. 730.
4. Wisden 1966, p. 722.
5. Shell Shield bowling averages 1965-66
6. Wisden 1967, p. 280.
7. Sussex v West Indians 1966
8. Jamaica bowling, Shell Shield 1966-67

External links

• Rudolph Cohen at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Rudolph Cohen at ESPNcricinfo