Gilbert Cook


John Gilbert Cook CVO CBE was an English cricketer, and English rugby union player. Educated at Bedford School, he played twice for the Irish cricket team, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in August 1935, and playing his one and only first-class match against India the following year. In 1937, he played his only rugby union international, representing England in the Four Nations against Scotland, playing as a flanker and scoring no points.