William Cooper (cricketer)

William Cooper

Personal information

Full name

William Henry Cooper

Born

11 September 1849
Maidstone, Kent, England

Died

5 April 1939 (aged 89)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Leg break

Relations

Paul Sheahan (great-grandson)

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut

31 December 1881 v England

Last Test

12 December 1884 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1878–1883

Victoria

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	26
Runs scored	13	247
Batting average	6.50	10.29
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	7	46
Balls bowled	446	3,162
Wickets	9	71
Bowling average	25.11	24.49
5 wickets in innings	1	5
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	6/120	7/37
Catches/stumpings	1/–	16/–

Source: Cricket Archive, 23 October 2010

Cooper 1st left (front row) pictured with the 1884 Australia national cricket team

William Henry Cooper (11 September 1849 in Maidstone, Kent – 5 April 1939 in Melbourne) was an Australian cricketer who played in two Tests between 1881 and 1884. He took six wickets on debut in the second innings against England in Melbourne in 1882.^[1]

Born and raised in Kent he came to Australia as an adult and didn't start playing competitive cricket until the age of 27. He returned to England as part of Billy Murdoch's 1884 tour.

A handy leg-break bowler, he was also noted for his services to Victorian Cricket where after his playing days he served as a state selector and later as vice president of the Victorian Cricket Association.

His great grandson, Paul Sheahan, also played Test cricket for Australia.

References

↑ "1st Test: Australia v England at Melbourne, Dec 31, 1881 – Jan 4, 1882". espncricinfo. Retrieved 2011-12-13.

External links

Cricinfo article on William Cooper

Australia squad – Australia vs England 1881–82 Test series (winners)

Murdoch (c) (†) Bannerman Blackham (†) Boyle Cooper Coulthard Evans Garrett Giffen Horan Jones Massie McDonnell Palmer Spofforth

Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)

1850–51: Antill 1851–52: Henty 1852–53: – 1853–54: McDowall 1854–55: – 1855–56: Elliott/McKone 1856–57: Wills 1857–58: Wills 1858–59: Wills 1859–60: Richardson/Wills 1860–61: Cosstick 1861–62: Bennett 1862–63: Lawrence 1863–64: Grace 1864–65: – 1865–66: Conway/Cosstick 1866–67: Gregory 1867–68: Wills 1868–69: Cosstick 1869–70: Cosstick 1870–71: Reid 1871–72: Allan 1872–73: Cosstick 1873–74: – 1874–75: Coates 1875–76: Evans 1876–77: Shaw 1877–78: Evans 1878–79: Emmett 1879–80: Cooper 1880–81: Evans 1881–82: Palmer 1882–83: Palmer 1883–84: Palmer 1884–85: Peel 1885–86: Spofforth 1886–87: Turner 1887–88: Turner 1888–89: Ferris 1889–90: Trumble 1890–91: Phillips 1891–92: Giffen 1892–93: Giffen 1893–94: Turner 1894–95: Giffen 1895–96: McKibbin 1896–97: McKibbin 1897–98: Jones 1898–99: Jones 1899–1900: Noble

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

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William Cooper (cricketer)

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