Larry Cordner

Larry Cordner
Personal information
Full name	Laurence Osmaston Cordner
Born	7 February 1911; Warrnambool, Victoria
Died	11 July 1992 (aged 81); Penshurst, Victoria
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg-break and googly
Domestic team information
1930/31–1933/34	Victoria
Career statistics
Matches	3
Runs scored	43
Batting average	14.33
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	30*
Balls bowled	760
Wickets	7
Bowling average	68.85
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	3/154
Catches/stumpings	2/–
	Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2014

Laurence Osmaston Cordner (7 February 1911 – 11 July 1992) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the VFL with Hawthorn.

Cordner made just one VFL appearance for Hawthorn, against Collingwood at Glenferrie Oval during the 1933 season.^[1] His cousins were more successful, two of them Denis and Don, are members of the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century. His half-brother Alan Cordner also played senior VFL football.

The first of Cordner's three first-class cricket matches came in the Sheffield Shield competition of 1930–31 against South Australia, with his only notable contribution being the wicket of Bert Tobin.^[2] 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 twice and a prized victim in George Headley.^[3] 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.^[4] His final match came in 1934 against Western Australia.