Arthur Cock

Arthur Edwin Cock (17 March 1900 – 10 September 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Northcote Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Arthur Cock
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Edwin Cock
Date of birth	(1900-03-17)17 March 1900
Place of birth	Clifton Hill, Victoria
Date of death	10 September 1966(1966-09-10) (aged 66)
Place of death	Box Hill, Victoria
Original team(s)	South Bendigo (BFL)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1924	St Kilda	2 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of former Fitzroy (VFA) footballer (1884-1887), and former Fitzroy Football Club Secretary, Charles Sidney Cock (1858–1929),^[2][3] and Alice Annie Cock (1858–1922), née Kerr,^[4][5] Arthur Edwin Cock was born at Clifton Hill, Victoria on 17 March 1900.

His brother, Eric Francis Cock (1902–1965), played VFL football with Collingwood, and VFA football with Northcote.

Football

Northcote VFA

He played in six matches for Northcote in the VFA competition in 1920, and, also, represented the VFA against a combined Goldfields Football Association (GFA) team, at Kalgoorlie, in August 1920.^[6]

South Bendigo (BFL)

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St Kilda (VFL)

He played in two senior VFL matches for St Kilda in 1924.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. Barclay, Bert, "How Fitzroy Club Was Formed", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 7 March 1936), p. 19.
3. Deaths: Cock, The Age, (Wednesday, 10 July 1929), p. 1.
4. Marriages: Cock—Kerr, The Age, (M, onday, 18 July 1881), p. 1.
5. Deaths: Cock, The Argus, (Wednesday, 27 December 1922), p. 1.
6. Football: Victoria v. Goldfields, The (Boulder) Evening Star, (Monday, 9 August 1920), p. 2.
7. Clever Forward: Arthur Cock, of Bendigo, a Versatile Player, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 6 October 1923), p. 5.
8. Melbourne v. Bendigo, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 18 August 1923), p. 3.
9. 'Half-Forward', "Bendigo Players Fight Hard: League Team Extended, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 August 1923), p. 76.
10. Football, The Age, (Thursday, 24 April 1924), p. 9.
11. Clever Forward: Arthur Cock, of Bendigo, a Versatile Player, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 6 October 1923), p. 5.
12. Melbourne v. Bendigo, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 18 August 1923), p. 3.
13. 'Half-Forward', "Bendigo Players Fight Hard: League Team Extended, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 August 1923), p. 76.
14. Football, The Age, (Thursday, 24 April 1924), p. 9.

External links

• Arthur Cock's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Arthur Cock at AustralianFootball.com
• Arthur E. Cock, at The VFA Project.