Bob Cowper
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Robert Maskew Cowper was an Australian Test match cricketer in the 1960s, who also played for Victorian
and Western Australia
.
He was the son of Denis Cowper, the captain of the Australia national rugby union team
. Cowper was a tall, correct left-handed batsmen who carefully and was dropped in the 1965-66 Ashes series for slow scoring. When he was recalled he for the Fifth Test at Melbourne he made the first Test triple century in Australia; 307 in 727 minutes. Matthew Hayden
's 380 against Zimbabwe in 2002–03 is now the highest Test century in Australia, but Cowper's remains the longest. Remarkably he averaged an impressive 75.78 in home Tests but only 33.33 overseas. The difference of 42.45 is a Test match record. Since retiring from playing, he has served as a cricket referee.
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
and Western Australia
Western Warriors
The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...
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He was the son of Denis Cowper, the captain of the Australia national rugby union team
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
. Cowper was a tall, correct left-handed batsmen who carefully and was dropped in the 1965-66 Ashes series for slow scoring. When he was recalled he for the Fifth Test at Melbourne he made the first Test triple century in Australia; 307 in 727 minutes. Matthew Hayden
Matthew Hayden
Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...
's 380 against Zimbabwe in 2002–03 is now the highest Test century in Australia, but Cowper's remains the longest. Remarkably he averaged an impressive 75.78 in home Tests but only 33.33 overseas. The difference of 42.45 is a Test match record. Since retiring from playing, he has served as a cricket referee.
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