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| Full name | Andrew James Mendez Hooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1945 Denmark Hill, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Matthew Hooper (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1969 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 3 August 1966 Kent v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 9 August 1969 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 5 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew James Mendez Hooper (born 17 September 1945) is an English former cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1966 and 1969.[1]
Hooper was born at Denmark Hill in London in 1945. He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent against Warwickshire in the 1966 County Championship at Canterbury, having played for the county's Second XI earlier the same season.[2] He played primarily as a left-arm spin bowler, making 13 first-class appearances for Kent. His final match for the county was against Sussex in August 1969.[2]
Hooper played regularly for Blackheath Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League, captaining the First XI and winning the league Player of the Season award in 1984.[3][4][5] He was capped by the Club Cricket Conference in 1980, playing for the CCC side between 1980 and 1984.[2] In 1984 he moved to Hampshire where he played for Andover Cricket Club and was Director of Cricket and President at the club.[4][6][7]
Hooper had four children, all of who played cricket in some form. One of his sons, Matthew Hooper, made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge UCCE in 2005.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Carlaw D (2024) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Three: 1946–1999, pp. 165–166. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2024-02-29.)
- ^ a b c Andrew Hooper, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-11. (subscription required)
- ^ History, Blackheath Cricket Club. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ a b Andover 1st XI 1975+, The 12th Man, Andover Cricket Club, 2005-06-18. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Handbook Archived 26 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Kent Cricket League, 2013. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Andover Cricket Club - VIP lunch 25th Apr 2010, Andover Cricket Club, 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Look ahead to the future, Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Matt Hooper, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-03-30. (subscription required)