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Ivan Cooper (cricketer)

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Ivan Cooper
Personal information
Full name
Ivan Walter Cooper
Born(1896-01-28)28 January 1896
Auckland, New Zealand
Died2 August 1968(1968-08-02) (aged 72)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924/25–1927/28Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 13
Runs scored 580
Batting average 30.52
100s/50s 0/4
Top score 80
Balls bowled 970
Wickets 6
Bowling average 97.16
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/18
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 September 2019

Ivan Walter Cooper (28 January 1896 – 2 August 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played thirteen first-class matches for Auckland between 1925 and 1928.[1][2]

Cooper was a batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. His best performance in the Plunket Shield came against Canterbury in the 1927–28 season, when he scored 40 and 80 (the highest score on either side) and took a wicket.[3] He was twelfth man for New Zealand in the unofficial Test in Auckland against Australia a few weeks later, but played no first-class cricket after that.[4][2]

Cooper served overseas with the New Zealand Medical Corps in World War I.[5] He worked in Auckland as a jeweller.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Ivan Cooper". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Ivan Cooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Auckland v Canterbury 1927-28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. ^ "First Test against Australians to-day". Manawatu Times: 8. 24 March 1928.
  5. ^ "Ivan Walter Cooper". Online Cenotaph. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. ^ McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. p. 36. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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