Norman Cooper (sportsman)

Norman Cooper
With Old Brightonians in 1894
Personal information
Full name Norman Charles Cooper
Date of birth (1870-07-12)12 July 1870
Place of birth Norbiton, Surrey, England
Date of death 30 July 1920(1920-07-30) (aged 50)
Place of death Hampden Park, East Sussex, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cambridge University
Corinthian
Old Brightonians
International career
1893 England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Charles Cooper (12 July 1870 – 30 July 1920)[1] was an English sportsman who represented the England national football team and played first-class cricket with Cambridge University.

Cooper was educated at Brighton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2]

A wing-half, Cooper's only international cap came against Ireland at Perry Barr in the 1893 British Home Championship, with England winning 6–1.[1]

Cooper was a right-handed opening batsman for Cambridge University at first-class cricket level and played 11 matches for them, one a combined team with Oxford. He also played a match for the CI Thornton's XI and in 1892 took the field for the HT Hewett's XII against Cambridge after he switched sides when his intended opponents revealed they had only 10 players.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "England players: NC Cooper". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Cooper, Norman Charles (CPR889NC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Norman Cooper". CricketArchive.