Mel Cooke

Playing Career

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Test Series: 1960 New Zealand vs France, 1961 France vs New Zealand, 1962 New Zealand vs Great Britain, 1964 New Zealand vs France

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Representative Career - International		Comp Wins	Starts	Int	APP	3ST	3PT	T	G	2FG	FG	Pts	Bin5	Bin	Off	W	L	D	Win%
Tests (Senior International Matches)		-	22	-	22	5	-	5	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	13	7	2	59.09%	List
World Cup		-	3	-	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	2	-	33.33%	List
Tour Matches	Canterbury (NZ)CNZ	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	0.00%	List
Tour Matches	New ZealandNZL	-	49	-	49	16	-	16	-	-	-	48	-	-	-	31	16	2	63.27%	List
Tour Matches	South IslandSIS	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	100.00%	List
Tour Matches	MonaroMON	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	0.00%	List
Test Series		4	19	-	19	4	-	4	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12	5	2	63.16%	List
Representative Career - Australia		Comp Wins	Starts	Int	APP	3ST	3PT	T	G	2FG	FG	Pts	Bin5	Bin	Off	W	L	D	Win%
NSW City vs Country Firsts		-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	0.00%	List
NSW City vs Country		-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	0.00%	List
Overall			Starts	Int	APP	3ST	3PT	T	G	2FG	FG	Pts	Bin5	Bin	Off	W	L	D	Win%
First Class			55	-	55	16	-	16	-	-	-	48	-	-	-	32	21	2	58.18%	List
Test Matches - By Team
Team	Years		Starts	Int	APP	3ST	3PT	T	G	2FG	FG	Pts	Bin5	Bin	Off	W	L	D	Win%
New Zealand	1959-64		22	-	22	5	-	5	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	13	7	2	59.09%	List
World Cup Matches - By Team
Team	Years		Starts	Int	APP	3ST	3PT	T	G	2FG	FG	Pts	Bin5	Bin	Off	W	L	D	Win%
New Zealand	1959-1960		3	-	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	2	-	33.33%	List
Australia - By Team
Team	Years		Starts	Int	APP	3ST	3PT	T	G	2FG	FG	Pts	Bin5	Bin	Off	W	L	D	Win%
Canterbury	1958, 1960, 1962		3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	0.00%	List
South Island	1963		1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	100.00%	List
Monaro	1965-66		2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	0.00%	List
NSW Country Firsts	1965		1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	0.00%	List

Imogene Cocoa
28 May 2012 3:34pm
Mel Cooke is one of the NZ Legends of League, he was a terrific, workaholic loose forward who represented the Kiwis from Canterbury (NZ). He was the only Cantabrian named in the 2007 Team of the Century (the team, and historically NZRL, has been dominated by Auckland).

Cooke captain-coached Monaro (NSW) after retiring from international rugby league.
Anonymous
6 Sep 2013 10:38am
Mel Cooke died yesterday aged 79 year after a long illness. He will be missed.

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