Danny Cohen

Cricket Scotland is sadden by the news that former President of the Northern District Cricket Association, Danny Cohen has died at the age of 65.

Sadly Danny Cohen passed away suddenly on Wednesday 11-Jan-2012. His interest in cricket started as a youngster at Poloc CC in Glasgow.His playing career was mostly in the Aberdeen Grades as a player for Anchorians, Dyce, Stonehaven and Stoneywood-Dyce. 

He was a veritable stalwart of the Aberdeenshire Cricket Association (i.e. Aberdeen Grades) and was an ex-President of the Grades including in its 1984 Centenary season. He was also an ex-President of the Northern District Cricket Association and former NDCA rep to Cricket Scotland as well as seeing service as President, Vice-President and Secretary of Stoneywood-Dyce CC.

Danny found a variety of ways to put something back into a sport from which he derived so much enjoyment, his former business “Cohen & Co” supported a variety of cricket clubs over the years including Inverurie, Gordonians and Stoneywood-Dyce.

More recently he has acted as an on-field mentor (alongside Alan Barron, Colin Moir and Ian Leask) to a series of youngsters at SDCC who have started their adult cricket career in the Grades.

Former Grades President John Hitchen said paid tribute to Danny Cohen “The main things which youngsters could learn from Danny about batting were application and concentration as he displayed both in abundance”.

His son Matthew is a prominent member of the Stoneywood-Dyce XI in the S&PCU Premier Division. The thoughts of all in the cricket family are with Matthew and others in Danny’s family circle.

Email tributes, SMSs and posts on Facebook have been flooding in from teammates and opponents alike.
 

 16 January 2012