Laurence 'Larry' Osmaston Cordner (7 February 1911 – 11 July 1992) was an Australian sportsman who played

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for

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

and

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in the

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with

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. Cordner made just one VFL appearance for Hawthorn, against Collingwood at

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during the 1933 season. His cousins were more successful, two of them

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and

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, are members of the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century. His half-brother

Alan Cordner Joseph Alan Cordner (6 May 1890 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was killed at Cape Helles in Ottoman Turk ...

also played senior VFL football. The first of Cordner's three first-class cricket matches came in the

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competition of 1930–31 against South Australia, with his only notable contribution being the wicket of Bert Tobin. Four weeks later, at the MCG, he was part of the Victorian team which played a tour match with the West Indians. He took five wickets in the match, including

Lionel Birkett Lionel Sydney Birkett (April 14, 1905, Saint Michael, Barbados – January 16, 1998, Saint James, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 4 Tests Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to: * Test (assessment), an educational assessme ...

twice and a prized victim in

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. Cordner then saved the game for Victoria with the bat by making 30 not out in the fourth innings as Victoria hung on with nine wickets down. His final match came in 1934 against Western Australia.

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* * 1911 births 1992 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from Victoria (state) Sportspeople from Warrnambool {{Australia-cricket-bio-1910s-stub

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