Bernard Hookins

Bernard Hookins
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1883-11-16)16 November 1883
Nottingham, England
Died1946
Whitby, England

Bernard Lyddon Hookins (16 November 1883 – 1946), was a male English international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

He was selected to represent England during the 1930 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event).[1] He was also selected as England captain for two international fixtures.[2]

The team consisting of H.C. Cooke, Vincent Blatchford, Stanley Proffitt and Tommy Sears finished in sixth place.[3] He was one of the four founders of the Yorkshire County Table Tennis Association in 1924 and represented Pontefract at club level.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). tischtennis-infos.de.
  2. ^ "Bernard Lyddon Hookins International Sportsman". Hookins Links.
  3. ^ "Once I Thought I Could Beat The World". Table Tennis England. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ "YORKSHIRE-FIRST IN THE FIELD" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018.


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