William Hopkinson (cricketer)
William Hopkinson (29 April 1835 – 25 November 1913) was an English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club in the early 1860s.[1]
Hopkinson was born on 29 April 1835 in Staveley, Derbyshire and played cricket for a Derbyshire side in his youth.[2] In around 1855 he moved to Chatham in Kent to work as an engine fitter in the Royal Naval dockyard in the town.[2] He played as a professional for Kent County Cricket Club between 1861 and 1863, making a total of 13 first-class cricket appearances, all bar one of them for the county side.[3] Hopkinson left the Kent staff after the 1863 season and took a position as a cricket coach at Lancing College and then Westminster School.[2]
Hopkinson died, aged 78, on 25 November 1913 in Gillingham, Kent.[2]
References[]
- ^ William Hopkinson, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ a b c d "Death of former Derbyshire Cricketer". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. 6 December 1913. p. 13.
- ^ William Hopkinson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
External links[]
William Hopkinson at ESPNcricinfo
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