Summary
Duncan Elphinstone Cooper (c. 1813 – 22 November 1904) was an Indian-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in Bengal, India and died in Paddington.
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| Full name | Duncan Elphinstone Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1813 India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 November 1904 Paddington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1850/51 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only First-class | 11 February 1851 Victoria v Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was the son of Major General George Cooper (1777–1847) and his first wife Jane née Munn (1778–1823).[1]: 3
In 1841 Cooper travelled from London to Australia with George and Harry Thompson, brothers who were to become his partners as squatters and sheep farmers near Fiery Creek, Raglan.[1]: 4 In his spare time Duncan painted landscapes of the surrounding area which were later gathered together and published as The Challicum Sketch Book.[1] In 1849 he occupied the Warrapinjoe run, adjacent to the Thomson brothers' run, with an extent of 14,052 acres.[2]
Cooper made a single first-class appearance for the Victorian cricket team, during the 1850–51 season, against Tasmania. This match was the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia. Cooper opened the batting, and thus faced the first ball in Australian first-class cricket. He scored four runs in the first innings, and a duck in the second.[3]
In 1854 Cooper left Australia and returned to London. In 1875 he presented 26 volumes of the work of the Bewick brothers to the Melbourne Public Library.[4] He lived in London, a bachelor, until his death at the age of 90.[1]: 21
References edit
- ^ a b c d Brown, Philip L (1987). The Challicum Sketch Book 1842-53 (PDF). Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-10410-6.
- ^ "Claims to Leases of Crown Lands". The Melbourne Daily News: 4. 19 February 1849.
- ^ "Launceston, Feb 11 - Feb 12 1851, Australian Domestic Season". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Tuesday, November 16, 1875". The Argus: 4. 16 November 1875.
External links edit
- "Cooper, Duncan (1813-1904)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- Duncan Cooper at Cricket Archive