Cotterill, Denis
Person
Biography
Denis Cotterill was born in 1895.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Reminiscences of five Christchurch men by Charles Cox
Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0354
Scope and Contents
Photocopied typescript transcripts of interviews, by Charles Cox, of Denis Cotterill, George Stewart, Mr. Patterson (or Paterson), Mr. Smith and Arthur Sims.
The reminiscences talk about their early lives and, variously, cricket, Oxford University, a pre-1914 sea voyage to Britain, shearing at high country stations and so on - but mostly cricket. Mr. Patterson describes Don Bradman's first test match, as a young man of 19.
Dates:
c1904-1945