Mike Hooper
CountryEngland
FullnameJohn Michael Mackenzie Hooper
Birth date23 April 1947
Birth placeMilford, Surrey, England
Death date2 April 2010 (aged 62)
FamilyHarry Hooper (son)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Club 1Surrey
Year 11967 to 1972
Columns2
Column 1First-class
Matches 121
Runs 1406
Bat avg 115.61
100s/50s 10/0
Top score 141*
Deliveries 136
Wickets 11
Bowl avg 110.00
Fivefor 10
Tenfor 10
Best bowling 11/10
Catches/stumpings 114/–
Column 2List A
Matches 217
Runs 2275
Bat avg 216.17
100s/50s 20/0
Top score 240
Deliveries 236
Wickets 22
Bowl avg 223.00
Fivefor 20
Tenfor 2n/a
Best bowling 22/46
Catches/stumpings 24/–
Sourcehttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30360/30360.html CricketArchive
Date31 December 2016

John Michael Mackenzie Hooper (23 April 1947 – 2 April 2010) was an English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Surrey from 1967 to 1972.

Mike Hooper was a champion schoolboy cricketer at Charterhouse, and played for English combined schools sides in 1964 and 1965.[1] He was the leading scorer when an MCC Schools team toured South Africa in 1965–66.[2]

Hooper began playing for Surrey in 1967. When Surrey won the Second Eleven Championship in 1968 he scored 805 runs at an average of 53.66,[3] including 168 in an innings victory over Kent.[4] In 10 matches in the County Championship that year, however, he scored only 164 runs at an average of 11.71.[5]

Hooper played irregularly for Surrey thereafter without scoring a fifty. After the 1971 season he left cricket to work in the City of London.[6] He continued to play club cricket, and helped Charterhouse Friars win the Cricketer Cup on three occasions.[6] He toured Bangladesh with MCC in 1976-77. His son, Harry, also played first-class cricket.

References

  1. ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Mike Hooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ Wisden 1967, p. 901.
  3. ^ Wisden 1969, p. 740.
  4. ^ "Surrey Second XI v Kent Second XI 1968". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ^ Wisden 1969, p. 570.
  6. ^ Wisden 2011, p. 191.