Alfred Cooper (cricketer)

Alfred Henry Cecil Cooper was a South African cricketer who played a single Test match for the South African national side during the 191314 season. Domestically, he played for Transvaal from 1912 to 1928.

Cooper was born in Johannesburg in September 1893, in what was then the independent South African Republic. His father, Alfred Edward Cooper , played firstclass cricket for Transvaal and Griqualand West. The junior Alfred Cooper made his firstclass debut in December 1912, for Transvaal against Orange Free State during the 191213 season of the Currie Cup. A righthanded toporder batsman, he scored 244 runs from four matches in his debut season, including two halfcenturies. The following season, in November 1913, Cooper appeared for Transvaal in a match against a team led by former national captain Percy Sherwell. In the match, which served as a trial match for the upcoming Test series against England, he scored 109 runs in 90 minutes, his maiden firstclass century. Cooper was consequently selected in the South African side for the First Test against England, played at Lords, Durban. He came in sixth in each innings of what was to be his only Test, and was twice dismissed by Sydney Barnes

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