Kenneth Cooper
Personal information
Full name
Kenneth Edward Cooper
Born13 July 1883
Bromley, Kent, England
Died26 February 1969(1969-02-26) (aged 85)
Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1908/09–1922/23Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 327
Batting average 13.08
100s/50s –/2
Top score 55*
Balls bowled 545
Wickets 11
Bowling average 21.90
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/24
Catches/stumpings 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 November 2022

Kenneth Edward Cooper MC (13 July 1883 — 26 February 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Indian Army.

Cooper was born at Bromley in July 1883. He was educated at Harrow School,[1] from where he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He graduated in April 1903 as a second lieutenant into the Essex Regiment,[2] with promotion to lieutenant in November 1907, at which point he had been transferred to the Mahratta Light Infantry of the British Indian Army.[3] 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 England against India in 1915 and 1918.[4] He scored 327 runs in his eighteen first-class matches, at an average of 13.08. His highest score was 55 not out, one of two half centuries he scored.[5] With the ball, he took 11 wickets at a bowling average of 21.90, with best figures of 3 for 24.[6]

Cooper gained promotion in the Mahratta's to captain in July 1912.[7] 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,[8] in addition to being mentioned in dispatches for services during the Mesopotamian campaign in 1914 and 1915.[9] In the final year of the war, he was promoted to major.[10] Following the war, Cooper was appointed an acting lieutenant colonel in December 1919, covering the months of May and June 1919 when he commanded a battalion.[11] He gained the rank in full in April 1929,[12] before being placed on the unemployed list in February 1934 and retired in August of the same year.[13][14] He returned to active service during the Second World War,[15] before ceasing his war service in November 1944.[16] Cooper died in Spain in February 1969.

References

  1. ↑ Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson, P. K. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3 ed.). London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 799.
  2. ↑ "No. 27545". The London Gazette. 21 April 1903. p. 2529.
  3. ↑ "No. 28107". The London Gazette. 7 February 1908. p. 900.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Kenneth Cooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kenneth Cooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Kenneth Cooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "No. 28639". The London Gazette. 27 August 1912. p. 6377.
  8. ↑ "No. 12867". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 November 1915. p. 1630.
  9. ↑ "No. 29536". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1916. p. 3670.
  10. ↑ "No. 31157". The London Gazette. 31 January 1919. p. 1537.
  11. ↑ "No. 31698". The London Gazette. 19 December 1919. p. 15754.
  12. ↑ "No. 33506". The London Gazette. 14 June 1929. p. 3945.
  13. ↑ "No. 34020". The London Gazette. 2 February 1934. p. 758.
  14. ↑ "No. 34075". The London Gazette. 3 August 1934. p. 4974.
  15. ↑ "No. 35311". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 October 1941. p. 6028.
  16. ↑ "No. 36769". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 October 1944. p. 4963.
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