Eddie Cooper (cricketer)
Edwin Cooper (30 November 1915 – 29 October 1968) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played 249 first-class matches for Worcestershire (and one for North of England) between 1936 and 1951. His total of 13,304 runs at 31.98 included 18 hundreds.
Born in
Cooper was able to resume his Worcestershire career in 1946 and, while he rather missed out on the runs in 1947 (averaging barely 26), two years later he had his finest season in the game, scoring 1,916 runs at 43.54 and passing 50 on 17 occasions. He rounded off his career with two more satisfactory summers, as well as a benefit season (which raised £3,000) in his final year of 1951. He left the first-class game in some style, making 124 against Northamptonshire in his final innings.
He stood once as a first-class
Cooper died in Birmingham at the age of 52.