Cowdrey

British  

/ ˈkaʊdrɪ /

noun

1. ( Michael ) Colin , Baron. 1932–2000, English cricketer. He played for Kent and in 114 Test matches (captaining England 27 times)

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Example Sentences

He was the youngest member of a squad led by Ted Dexter and containing bona fide greats like Colin Cowdrey, Ray Illingworth, Fred Trueman and Brian Statham.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Tutu explained what sports came to mean to him as the keynote speaker at the Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture in 2008 in London.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2022

Cowdrey certainly deserves greater acclaim — and more readers — but that’s true even of Barry N. Malzberg, a living legend of science fiction.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021

Cowdrey is the promoter of long-running queer night Homoelectric – “a genuine alternative to the commercial stranglehold”, as he sees it.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2018

The records were, it is held, in the reformed Egyptian tongue, and Smith translated them through the inspiration of the angel, and one Oliver Cowdrey wrote down the translation as reported by the God-possessed Joseph.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.