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| fullname = Reginald Gordon Hopkins<br />
| birth_date = 6 June 1904<br />
| birth_place = [[Southsea]], [[Hampshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1982|11|13|1904|6|6}}<br />
| death_place = [[Fuengirola]], [[Andalusia]], Spain<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
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| club1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]<br />
| year1 = 1935/36<br />
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]<br />
| year2 = 1927/28&ndash;1937/38<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 10<br />
| runs1 = 302<br />
| bat avg1 = 17.76<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/1<br />
| top score1 = 53<br />
| deliveries1 = –<br />
| wickets1 = –<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–<br />
| date = 2 October<br />
| year = 2018<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/29358.html Cricinfo<br />
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'''Reginald Gordon Hopkins''' (6 June 1904 – 13 November 1982) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.<br />
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Born at [[Southsea]], [[Hampshire]] in June 1904, Hopkins was educated at [[Cheltenham College]]. He later served in the [[Army in India Reserve of Officers]], holding the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] in 1928 and was promoted [[Captain]] in 1933 but resigned his commission in January 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33401 |date=6 July 1928 |page=4578 }}</ref><ref>THE LONDON GAZETTE, 12 MAY, 1933 page 3207</ref><ref>THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18 MARCH, 1938 page 1849</ref> While living in India, Hopkins made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in 1927.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13729/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Reginald Hopkins |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-02}}</ref> Over the course of the next decade, he appeared in ten first-class matches in India, playing seven times for the Europeans, once for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against the touring [[Australia national cricket team|Australians]] in 1935, and twice for the [[Cricket Club of India]].<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 302 runs during his first-class career, [[batting average (cricket)|averaging]] 17.76, with a high score of 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13729/13729.html |title=Player profile: Reginald Hopkins |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-02}}</ref> He died at [[Fuengirola]] in Spain in November 1982.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=29358}}<br />
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[[Category:1904 births]]<br />
[[Category:1982 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Southsea]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at Cheltenham College]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricket Club of India cricketers]]</div>Bot