John Thomas (Cottam) Cottan (1867 - 1897)

Biography

John Cottam was born in September 1867, in the Colony of New South Wales. Though his birth record lists him as John T Cottan. His parents were listed as Thomas and Eliza.

John Thomas Cottam known as Jack, was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1887. After only one first-class match for the Colony of New South Wales he made his Test debut for "Australia" against the touring England team at Sydney from February 25 - March 01, 1887.

He passed away in January 1897 on the Coolgardie Goldfields, and from The Arrow a Sydney newspaper on Saturday 20 February 1897, we see a death notice:

The death of "Jack" Cottam at Coolgardie at the early age of 29 saddened many of his old Sydney cricketing friends ; he was a born cricketer. Like so many young athletes he succumbed to that fell disease, typhoid fever.

He was laid to rest at the Coolgardie Cemetery in Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Sources

• New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: COTTAN, JOHN T. - registration no. 1912/1867 - father: THOMAS - mother: ELIZA - district: SYDNEY. first accessed online on the 3rd of December, 2023 from the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages search at: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/births?

• John Cottam from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 3rd of December, 2023 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cottam

• John Cottam - Australia his profile on ESPNCRICINFO website.

• CRICKET CHATTER from The Arrow (Sydney, NSW : 1896 - 1912) of Saturday 20 February 1897, Page 2. first accessed on TROVE on the 3rd of December, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114451415

• Western Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: Cottam, John - gender: M - age at death: 29 - father: "BLANK" - mother: "BLANK" - place of death: Coolgardie - year of death: 1897 - registration district: "BLANK" - registration no. 166 - registration year: 1897. first accessed online on the 3rd of December, 2023 from the Western Australian Government's Department of Justice: Online Index Search Tool at: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 December 2023), memorial page for John Thomas Cottam (5 Sep 1867–30 Jan 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #152570744, citing Coolgardie Cemetery, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia; Maintained by Just Jack (contributor 49577555).