Mel Cooke

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Melville Lance Cooke
Born
Wednesday, 30th May, 1934
Died
Thursday, 5th September, 2013 (Aged 79 years and 98 days)
Place Of Birth
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Honours & Awards

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

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
World Cup - 3 1 -   - 3 1 2 0 33.33% List
Tour Matches Canterbury (NZ) - 3 - -   - - 0 3 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches New Zealand - 47 15 -   - 45 30 15 2 63.83% List
Tour Matches South Island - 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Monaro - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Test Series 4 19 4 -   - 12 12 5 2 63.16% List
City vs Country Firsts - 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1959-64   22 5 -   - 15 13 7 2 59.09% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1959-1960   3 1 -   - 3 1 2 0 33.33% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canterbury 1958, 1960, 1962   3 - -   - - 0 3 0 0.00% List
South Island 1963   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Monaro 1965-66   2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Firsts 1965   1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1958-1966   7 0 0   0 - 1 6 0 14.29% List

Your Say

  • Imogene Cocoa
    28/05/2012

    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
    06/09/2013

    Mel Cooke died yesterday aged 79 year after a long illness. He will be missed.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Michael Borg