{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{distinguish|Arthur Roper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{use Australian English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Mick Roper | image = Mick Roper 1945-06-02.jpg | caption = Roper in 1945 | fullname = Arthur William Roper | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|2|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1972|9|4|1917|2|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | club1 = New South Wales | year1 = 1939/40 | club2 = Australian Services | year2 = {{nowrap|1945–1945/46}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 11 | runs1 = 102 | bat avg1 = 6.80 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 28 | deliveries1 = 503 | wickets1 = 13 | bowl avg1 = 38.69 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/9 | catches/stumpings1 = 11/– | date = 24 January | year = 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7393.html Cricinfo }}
'''Arthur William''' "'''Mick'''" '''Roper''' (20 February 1917 – 4 September 1972) was an Australian cricketer. He played eleven first-class matches, two for New South Wales in 1939–40 and the remaining nine for the Australian Services cricket team in the period after the end of the Second World War.<ref name="CA">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6085/6085.html |title=Mick Roper |access-date=24 January 2017 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> Roper was a fighter pilot in No. 455 Squadron RAAF stationed in Scotland during the war.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7393.html |title=Mick Roper |access-date=24 January 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Commonscat-inline|Mick Roper}} * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=7393}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roper, Mick}} Category:1917 births Category:1972 deaths Category:Australian cricketers Category:New South Wales cricketers Category:Cricketers from Sydney Category:Australian Services cricketers Category:Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Category:Royal Australian Air Force officers Category:Australian World War II pilots {{Australia-cricket-bio-1910s-stub}}