Bot at 12:26, 30 November 2022

2022-11-30T12:26:42Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:56, 30 November 2022
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{short description\|English cricketer}}		{{short description\|English cricketer}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}}
	{{Use British English\|date=February ~~2022~~}}		{{Use British English\|date=February 2013}}
	{{Infobox cricketer		{{Infobox cricketer
	\| name =		\| name =

Bot at 12:26, 30 November 2022

2022-11-30T12:26:42Z

New page

{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Kenneth Edward Cooper
| nickname =
| birth_date = 13 July 1883
| birth_place = [[Bromley]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|2|26|1883|7|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Malaga]], [[Andalusia]], [[Francoist Spain|Spain]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1908/09–1922/23
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 18
| runs1 = 327
| bat avg1 = 13.08
| 100s/50s1 = –/2
| top score1 = 55[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 545
| wickets1 = 11
| bowl avg1 = 21.90
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/24
| catches/stumpings1 = 19/–
| date = 30 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kenneth-cooper-27741 Cricinfo
}}

'''Kenneth Edward Cooper''' {{postnominal|MC}} (13 July 1883 — 26 February 1969) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].

Cooper was born at [[Bromley]] in July 1883. He was educated at [[Harrow School]],<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911|last1=Dauglish|first1=M. G.|last2=Stephenson|first2=P. K.|publisher=[[Longman|Longmans, Green, and Co.]]|location=London|year=1911|edition=3|page=799|url=https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolregi00harruoft|language=en}}</ref> from where he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated in April 1903 as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Essex Regiment]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27545|date=21 April 1903|page=2529}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in November 1907, at which point he had been transferred to the [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry|Mahratta Light Infantry]] of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28107|date=7 February 1908|page=900}}</ref> While serving in [[British India]], he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] from 1908 to 1922, making sixteen appearances. He also made an additional two appearances for [[Non-international England cricket teams|England]] against [[Indians cricket team|India]] in 1915 and 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13213/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Kenneth Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 327 runs in his eighteen first-class matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 13.08. His highest score was 55 [[not out]], one of two half centuries he scored.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13213/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kenneth Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> With the ball, he took 11 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 21.90, with best figures of 3 for 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13213/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Kenneth Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Cooper gained promotion in the Mahratta's to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in July 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28639|date=27 August 1912|page=6377}}</ref> Cooper served with the Mahratta's in the [[First World War]], during which he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for distinguished service in the field,<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=12867|date=2 November 1915|page=1630}}</ref> in addition to being [[mentioned in dispatches]] for services during the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] in 1914 and 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29536|date=4 April 1916|page=3670|supp=y}}</ref> In the final year of the war, he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31157|date=31 January 1919|page=1537}}</ref> Following the war, Cooper was appointed an acting [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in December 1919, covering the months of May and June 1919 when he commanded a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31698|date=19 December 1919|page=15754}}</ref> He gained the rank in full in April 1929,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33506|date=14 June 1929|page=3945}}</ref> before being placed on the unemployed list in February 1934 and retired in August of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34020|date=2 February 1934|page=758}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34075|date=3 August 1934|page=4974}}</ref> He returned to active service during the [[Second World War]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35311|date=14 October 1941|page=6028|supp=y}}</ref> before ceasing his war service in November 1944.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36769|date=27 October 1944|page=4963|supp=y}}</ref> Cooper died in Spain in February 1969.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27741}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Kenneth}}
[[Category:1883 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Bromley]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Essex Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Mahratta Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Non-international England cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]

Kenneth Cooper (cricketer) - Revision history

Bot at 12:26, 30 November 2022

Bot at 12:26, 30 November 2022