Cyril Hopkins
Personal information
Full name
Cyril Cooper Hopkins
Born(1882-05-04)4 May 1882
Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Died25 September 1968(1968-09-25) (aged 86)
Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1908/09–1912/13Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 448
Batting average 26.35
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 132
Balls bowled 60
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 February 2021

Cyril Cooper Hopkins (4 May 1882 – 25 September 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played nine first-class matches for Otago between 1908 and 1913.[1]

After playing grade cricket in Sydney, Hopkins moved to Dunedin in 1908.[2] In the Plunket Shield in 1911–12 he became the first Otago batsman to score a century against Canterbury, though the annual first-class match between the two had been held since 1863–64.[3] Opening the batting, he scored 132, exactly double the next-highest score in the match, but Canterbury won by three wickets.[4]

Hopkins returned to Sydney in 1913, just when he was contending for a place in the New Zealand team.[5] He married Thelma Rickaby in Brisbane in January 1924.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Cyril Hopkins". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cricket Chatter". Evening Star: 5. 18 November 1913.
  3. ↑ "Overseas Cricket Chat", Cricket, February 1914, pp. 31–34.
  4. ↑ "Canterbury v Otago 1911-12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cricket Chatter". Evening Star: 4. 14 October 1913.
  6. ↑ "Maleny Wedding". Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser: 1. 1 February 1924.


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