Archie Cotterell

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Archie Cotterell

Personal information

Full name

Thomas Archbold Cotterell

Born

12 May 1963 (age 61)
Marylebone, London, England

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Slow left-arm orthodox

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1983–1985

Cambridge University

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	29	7
Runs scored	617	15
Batting average	19.28	3.75
100s/50s	0/2	0/0
Top score	69*	6
Balls bowled	4,796	426
Wickets	41	5
Bowling average	62.78	57.00
5 wickets in innings	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/89	2/42
Catches/stumpings	6/–	2/–

Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2019

Thomas Archbold Cotterell (born 12 May 1963) is an English former cricketer and a novelist.

Cotterell was born at Marylebone in May 1963, and was educated at Downside School, before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge.^[1] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Glamorgan at Fenner's in 1983. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1985, making 29 appearances.^[2] Playing as an all-rounder, he scored 617 runs in his 29 appearances for Cambridge, at an average of 19.28 and a high score of 69 not out.^[3] With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, Cotterell took 41 wickets at a bowling average of 62.78. Though largely ineffective with the ball, he did take a five-wicket haul against Essex in 1983, with figures of 5 for 89.^[4]^[5] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made seven List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team, making four appearances in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup and three appearances in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup.^[6]

After graduating from Cambridge, Cotterell worked in the City of London as an equities salesman for broking firm Hoare Govett and the investment bank Morgan Stanley.^[7] He left his job in the City in 2000 to pursue his ambition to become a novelist, later writing the psychological thriller What Alice Knew, as well as contributing pieces to The Daily Telegraph. He is married to Emily, they have three children.^[8]

References

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^ The Cambridge University List of Members. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 293. ISBN 9780521434683.
^ "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Cotterell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Archie Cotterell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Archie Cotterell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "Cambridge University v Essex, 1983". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "List A Matches played by Archie Cotterell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ Walsh, Dominic (25 April 2017). "Neverending story finally has a happy ending". The Times. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ Cotterell, Archie (24 April 2017). "Meet the City boy who quit a lucrative job to write a novel - much to the alarm of his wife". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

External links

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Archie Cotterell at ESPNcricinfo

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