Archibold Cooper
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Archibold Henry Hedges Cooper (14 August 1878 – 13 January 1922) was an English
cricket
er who played for Derbyshire
.
Cooper was born in Cowley, Oxford
, the son of Edward Cooper, a mercantile clerk and his wife Elizabeth. He played in one match for Derbyshire during the 1902 season
, though he did not bat during the match. Cooper bowled two overs during the game and took one catch in the outfield.
Cooper died in Chesterfield
at the age of 43.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
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Cooper was born in Cowley, Oxford
Cowley, Oxford
Cowley in Oxford, England, is a residential and industrial area that forms a small conurbation within greater Oxford. Cowley's neighbours are central Oxford to the northwest, Rose Hill and Blackbird Leys to the south, New Headington to the north and the villages of Horspath and Garsington across...
, the son of Edward Cooper, a mercantile clerk and his wife Elizabeth. He played in one match for Derbyshire during the 1902 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1902
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1902 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty-one years. It was their eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish tenth in the Championship table....
, though he did not bat during the match. Cooper bowled two overs during the game and took one catch in the outfield.
Cooper died in Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
at the age of 43.
External links
- Archibold Cooper at Cricket Archive