William Cooper (cricketer)

William Cooper

Personal information

Full name

William Henry Cooper

Born

11 September 1849
Maidstone, Kent, England

Died

5 April 1939 (aged 89)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Leg break

Relations

Paul Sheahan (great-grandson)

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut

31 December 1881 v England

Last Test

12 December 1884 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1878–1883

Victoria

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	26
Runs scored	13	247
Batting average	6.50	10.29
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	7	46
Balls bowled	446	3,162
Wickets	9	71
Bowling average	25.11	24.49
5 wickets in innings	1	5
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	6/120	7/37
Catches/stumpings	1/–	16/–

Source: Cricket Archive, 23 October 2010

William Henry Cooper (11 September 1849 in Maidstone, Kent – 5 April 1939 in Melbourne) was an Australian cricketer who played in two Tests between 1881 and 1884. He took six wickets on debut in the second innings against England in Melbourne in 1882.

Born and raised in Kent he came to Australia as an adult and didn't start playing competitive cricket until the age of 27. He returned to England as part of Billy Murdoch's 1884 tour.

A handy leg-break bowler, he was also noted for his services to Victorian Cricket where after his playing days he served as a state selector and later as vice president of the Victorian Cricket Association.

His great grandson, Paul Sheahan, also played Test cricket for Australia.

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