Alfred Edward Cooper
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| Born | 10 August 1869 Cape Town, Cape Colony |
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| Died | 15 August 1960 (aged 91) Port Shepstone, Natal Province, South Africa |
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| Relations | Alfred H. C. Cooper (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1890–1891 | Griqualand West (or Kimberley) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1897 | Transvaal (now Gauteng) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 27 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alfred Edward Cooper (10 August 1869 – 15 August 1960) was a South African cricketer who played at first-class level for Griqualand West and Transvaal (now Gauteng).
Cooper was born in Cape Town in 1869. He made his first-class debut for Griqualand West in December 1890, against Eastern Province in the Champion Bat Tournament. (The team was then alternatively known as Kimberley, after the town of the same name). On debut, Cooper took three wickets (3/31) in Eastern Province's first innings, with the game concluding after two days with an Eastern Province victory. His next match came in the same tournament two days later, against Western Province at Newlands in Cape Town. In that match, Cooper opened the bowling with future South African international George Glover in each innings, taking 4/37 and 2/44.
The next first-class match Cooper played was in April 1891, for Griqualand West against a Transvaal side in the second season of the Currie Cup. The match, at the Wanderers ground in Johannesburg, was designated "timeless", and finished with a Griqualand West victory after six days of play spread over a week. Cooper failed to take a wicket, but did record his highest first-class score in Griqualand West's second innings, despite coming in last in the batting order. He scored 41 runs before being dismissed by George Allsop, and featured in a 95-run tenth-wicket partnership with Charlie Finlason, who finished with 154 not out. As of December 2014, this remains a record for the last wicket for Griqualand West.
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