{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Hopper Levett | image = HopperLevett.jpg | country = England | fullname = William Howard Vincent Levett | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|1|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Goudhurst, Kent | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|11|30|1908|1|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Hastings, East Sussex | nickname = | batting = Right-handed | role = Wicket-keeper | international = true | onetest = true | testdebutdate = 5 January | testdebutyear = 1934 | testdebutagainst = India | testcap = 273 | club1 = Kent | year1 = 1930–1947 | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 7 | bat avg1 = 7.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 5 | deliveries1 = 0 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 3/0 | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 175 | runs2 = 2,524 | bat avg2 = 12.25 | 100s/50s2 = 0/2 | top score2 = 76 | deliveries2 = 3 | wickets2 = 0 | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 283/195 | date = 20 July | year = 2009 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16265.html CricInfo }} '''William Howard Vincent "Hopper" Levett''' (25 January 1908 – 30 November 1995) was an English cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Kent County Cricket Club between 1930 and 1947.
Levett was born at Goudhurst in Kent and educated at Brighton College. He played in one Test match in 1934. He was a gentleman farmer from an old Kentish family that owned hop farms. He died at Hastings in Sussex.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-hopper-levett-1524831.html|title= Obituary: Hopper Levett|work=The Independent|date=9 December 1995|author=Derek Hodgson}}</ref><ref name=carlaw>Carlaw, pp. 105–109. (Retrieved 2020-07-01.)</ref>
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==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last=Carlaw |first=Derek |title=Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part Two (1919–1939) |publisher=ACS |location=Cardiff |year=2020 |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_Two.pdf}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=16265}}
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