Bert Hopkins

Albert John Young "Bert" Hopkins (3 May 1874 – 25 April 1931) was an Australian cricketer and Penrith bee-farmer who played in 20 Tests between 1902 and 1909.[1]

Bert Hopkins
Personal information
Full nameAlbert John Young Hopkins
Born(1874-05-03)3 May 1874
Young, New South Wales
Died25 April 1931(1931-04-25) (aged 56)
North Sydney
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
  • Australian
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 20 162
Runs scored 509 5563
Batting average 16.41 25.40
100s/50s 0/0 8/23
Top score 43 218
Balls bowled 1327 13619
Wickets 26 271
Bowling average 26.76 24.39
5 wickets in innings 0 10
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/81 7/10
Catches/stumpings 11/0 87/0
Source: Cricinfo

In the second Test at Lord's in 1902 under captain Joe Darling, Hopkins opened the bowling for Australia with Ernie Jones. Hopkins took the first two wickets of the English team being the famed batsmen CB Fry and Ranjitsinhji, both for ducks. These were however the only two wickets he took in the match in which he closed at 2–18.

See also

References

  1. "Bert Hopkins: The man who was never used". Cricket Country. Retrieved 23 April 2020.


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