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{{short description|English cricketer and Royal Air Force airman}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| fullname = Dudley Francis Eugene Cockle
| birth_date = 30 August 1907
| birth_place = [[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]], [[Wiltshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1986|3|27|1907|8|30}}
| death_place = [[Ludlow]], [[Shropshire]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
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| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]]
| year1 = 1937–1949
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 37
| bat avg1 = 18.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 25
| deliveries1 = 174
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 49.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/99
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 30 June
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/27731.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Dudley Francis Eugene Cockle''' {{postnominal|BEM}} (30 August 1907 – 27 March 1986) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[Royal Air Force]] airman. Cockle served as a [[non-commissioned officer]] between 1930–49, as well as playing [[first-class cricket]] while serving in [[British India]].

==Life and military career==
Cockle was born in August 1907 at [[Wilton, Wiltshire]]. He was educated at [[Bishop Wordsworth's School]], before attending the [[Royal Air Force College Cranwell]].<ref name="PRO"/> After graduating he entered into the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) as a [[non-commissioned officer]]. While serving in [[British India]] made a single [[first-class cricket|first-class]] appearance for the [[Indian Army cricket team|British Indian Army cricket team]] against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] in the 1934–35 [[Ranji Trophy]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13181/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Dudley Cockle |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 12 runs in the Army first-innings by [[Amir Elahi]], while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 25 runs by the same bowler. He took two wickets Northern India first-innings, dismissing [[Ahmed Raza (cricketer, born 1910)|Ahmed Raza]] to break a 304-run partnership between Raza and [[George Abell (civil servant)|George Abell]], with his second wicket of the innings being [[Charles Kindersley]], leaving Cockle with innings figures of 2 for 99.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15253.html |title=Northern India v Army, 1934/35 Ranji Trophy |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Returning to England, he made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]] in the 1937 [[Minor Counties Championship]], with Cockle appearing fourteen times before the [[Second World War]].<ref name="MCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13181/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Dudley Cockle |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Serving in the war, Cockle held the rank of [[flight sergeant]] by its conclusion. He was decorated with the [[British Empire Medal]] in the [[1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal)|1946 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37407|date=28 December 1945|page=68}}</ref> He resumed playing minor counties cricket for Wiltshire after the war, making a further eighteen appearances up to 1949.<ref name="MCM"/> Besides playing cricket, Cockle also played football, rugby union and field hockey for the RAF.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13181/13181.html |title=Player profile: Dudley Cockle |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> After retiring from the RAF in 1949, he went on to coach cricket at [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]] between 1949–72.<ref name="PRO"/> He died at [[Ludlow]] in March 1986.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27731}}

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