Edward Coppinger

For the American politician, see Edward F. Coppinger.

Edward Thomas Coppinger (25 November 1846 – 26 February 1927) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club in 1873.[1]

Coppinger was born at Bexley in Kent in 1846, the son of Edward and Mildred Coppinger. His father was a publican and came from a cricketing family.[2][3] Coppinger played club cricket for sides in Essex and Metropolitan Kent, including as a wicket-keeper for Blackheath against the touring Australian Aboriginal side in 1868.[4] He played twice for Kent in first-class cricket, both matches coming in August 1873.[5] On his debut for the county against Surrey at The Oval he took a five-wicket haul, taking five wickets for 29 runs in Surrey's second innings. This was the only innings in which be bowled in first-class cricket.[4]

Like his father Coppinger was a pub landlord, first in Lewisham before taking over his father's pub at New Cross. He later set up business as a spirit merchant and distiller at Kingston-upon-Thames. He became a local councillor and Justice of the Peace and served as mayor of Kingston in 1890/91. He married Emily Hutchinson in 1870; the couple had five children.[4] Coppinger died at his home at Surbiton in 1927 at the age of 80.[3][4] Two of his brothers, Charles and William, and an uncle Septimus all played first-class cricket.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Edward Coppinger, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  2. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 123–124. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. ^ a b Coppinger, Edward Thomas, Obituaries in 1927, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1928. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  4. ^ a b c d e Carlaw, pp. 124–125.
  5. ^ a b Edward Coppinger, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-21. (subscription required)

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