{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{use Australian English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Bryce Cooper | image = | country = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|12|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|5|19|1905|12|19|df=yes}} | death_place = Sydney, Australia | batting = | bowling = | role =

| date = 25 December 2016 | source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4624.html ESPNcricinfo] }}

'''Dr Bryce Arnot Cooper'''<ref>The Sun, Sydney, 24 January 1930, p 9.</ref> (19 December 1905 &ndash; 19 May 1995) was an Australian cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4624.html |title=Bryce Cooper |accessdate=25 December 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played two first-class matches for New South Wales between 1928/29 and 1929/30.<ref name="CA">{{Cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5795/5795.html |title=Bryce Cooper |accessdate=25 December 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> He also played for Glebe<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226029581 "Outfielder Watches the Game"], The Sun, Sydney, 24 January 1930, p 9.</ref> and was a blue in university cricket.<ref>"Ballers Miss Dr. Cooper" in [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131160833 "University Sport"], Referee, Sydney, 11 June 1930, p 25</ref> He was a fast bowler.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103461406 "Sports of all Sorts"], Arrow, Sydney, 11 January 1929, p 15</ref> He was also a sprinter,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168723090 "Just Scraped Home"], Truth, Sydney, 10 January 1926, p 4</ref> javelin thrower,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166470963 "Athletics"], Sydney Sportsman, Surry Hills, 9 July 1932, p 6</ref> and high jumper.<ref>"Bryce Cooper" in [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103536680 "Sydney's Junior Cricketers"], Arrow, Sydney, 26 October 1923, p 10</ref> In baseball, he was the representative of the Sydney University Club.<ref>Outfield, [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103461627 "Baseball"], Arrow, Sydney, 13 April 1928, p 14</ref> He was prominent in university sport.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118760085 "University Star"], Evening News, Sydney, 9 October 1930, p 2</ref> He also practised medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital<ref>The Sun, Sydney, 2 July 1932, [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228883675 p 7]</ref> and gave evidence at the inquest on the death of Betty Fleming,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50216248 "Inquest On Station Woman's Death In Car"], The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 2 August 1951, p 3</ref> and the subsequent trial of Thomas Langhorne Fleming on a charge of murder, in 1951.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118226742 "Crown Experiment in Fleming Murder Trial"], Queensland Times, Ipswich, 30 August 1951, p 3</ref>

Cooper was the only son of Thomas Bryce Arnot Cooper (died 1952), Under-secretary for Works in the NSW parliament and Fannie Cooper, née Barbour, who married on 11 February 1903.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14562704 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=20,296 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 March 1903 |accessdate=28 October 2025 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Fannie was a daughter of Robert Barbour MLA (1827–1895).

==See also== * List of New South Wales representative cricketers

==References== *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246002858 "Bryce Cooper's Performance"], The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 22 October 1923, p 9 *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246216955 "Eaton Drops Out Of Second Eleven"], The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 24 January 1930, p 26 *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16888484 "Personal"], The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 1932, p 12 {{reflist}}

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