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{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the British organist, conductor, composer and teacher [[Melville Cook]].}}
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{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name          = Mel Cooke
|fullname            = Melville Lance Cooke
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|birth_date         = {{Birth date|1934|05|30|df=yes}}
|birth_place        = [[Christchurch]], New Zealand
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|09|05|1934|05|30|df=yes}}
|death_place        = Christchurch, New Zealand
|retired = yes
|height         =  {{convert|178|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight         =  {{convert|86|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|SH|LF}}
|club1 = Hornby
|year1start = 19??
|year1end=1964
|club2=Monaro
|year2start=1965
|year2end=1968
|teamA               = [[Canterbury rugby league team|Canterbury]]
|yearAstart=1953
|yearAend=19??
|teamB               = [[South Island rugby league team|South Island]]
|teamC= [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]
|yearCstart          = 1959
|yearCend            = 64
|appearancesC        = 23
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|teamD = [[New South Wales Country rugby league team|NSW Country]]
|coachteamA          = Hornby
|coachyearAstart     = 1963
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|coachyearDstart     = 1971
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|source              = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mel-cooke/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/mel-cooke/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>
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'''Melville Lance Cooke'''<ref>[http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=C&id=384 COOKE, Melville Lance 1959 - 64 - Kiwi #384] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719143455/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=C&id=384 |date=2011-07-19}} ''nzleague.co.nz''</ref> (30 May 1934 – 5 September 2013) was a New Zealand [[rugby league]] player who represented [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] twenty three times between 1959 and 1964.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/>

==Playing career==
Cooke was a member of the Hornby club in the [[Canterbury Rugby League]] competition. He was the [[player-coach]] when Hornby made the national tournament finals in 1962 and 1964 and when they won the [[Thacker Shield]] in 1964.<ref name=kiwi />

A [[Canterbury rugby league team|Canterbury]] and [[South Island rugby league team|South Island]] representative, in 1962 Cooke was captain of the first Canterbury team to win the [[Rugby League Cup|Northern Union Cup]] from Auckland at the [[Rugby League Park|Addington Showgrounds]].<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_2458687">{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/2458687/Nothing-better-than-bettering-Auckland|title=Nothing better than bettering Auckland|author=Smith, Tony|date=30 May 2009|work= [[The Press]]|accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref>

Cooke played in 23 games for [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]], including at the [[1960 Rugby League World Cup|1960 World Cup]]. He played in eighteen consecutive tests between 1960 and 1964.<ref name=kiwi>[http://planetnz.com/palmheads/canterburyleague/ Significant Results in Canterbury Rugby League 1912-2009]</ref> Cooke was the captain for the last three seasons before accepting a [[player-coach]] position in Canberra in 1965.

==Coaching career==
Cooke took up a [[player-coach]] position with Monaro in 1965. While there he captained the side against the 1966 [[Great Britain national rugby league team|British Lions]] and was selected for [[New South Wales Country rugby league team|New South Wales Country]].<ref name=kiwi />

In 1969 Cooke returned to Hornby as coach. He was a Canterbury selector and coach in 1971 and again coached Hornby in 1978.<ref name=kiwi />

==Legacy==
Cooke was named one of [[New Zealand Rugby League]]'s "Legends of League" in 1995.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120911135536/http://www.nzrl.co.nz/legends-of-league.aspx Legends of League] ''NZRL''</ref>

In 2009 Cooke was named in the NZRL's team of the century.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_155489">{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/155489|title=Graham is best in 100 years|work= [[The Sunday Star-Times]]|accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref>

Cooke died in September 2013, aged 79.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11124889&ref=rss League world mourns Kiwi legend] ''nzherald.co.nz'', 15 September 2013</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{The New Zealand Rugby League Team of the Century}}
{{New Zealand 1960 Rugby League World Cup squad}}

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[[Category:Country New South Wales rugby league team players]]
[[Category:Canterbury rugby league team coaches]]
[[Category:Hornby Panthers players]]
[[Category:New Zealand national rugby league team captains]]
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[[Category:Rugby league locks]]
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