# Nicholas Cooper > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Cooper > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Cooper.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Cooper > Source revision: 1315540755 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English cricketer and geology teacher}} {{For|the English actor|Nicholas D. Cooper}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Nicholas Henry Charles Cooper | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Bristol](/source/Bristol), England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm [off break](/source/off_break) | role = | family = | club1 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1979 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1975–1978 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 2 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 24 | runs1 = 825 | bat avg1 = 22.29 | 100s/50s1 = 1/3 | top score1 = 106 | deliveries1 = 510 | wickets1 = 7 | bowl avg1 = 39.57 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/11 | catches/stumpings1 = 10/– | column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches2 = 9 | runs2 = 85 | bat avg2 = 9.44 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 37 | deliveries2 = 228 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 77.00 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 1/39 | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 13 October | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11305.html Cricinfo }} '''Nicholas Henry Charles Cooper''' (born 14 October 1953) is a former English [cricket](/source/cricket)er and geology teacher. Cooper was a left-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [off break](/source/off_break). He was born in [Bristol](/source/Bristol). Until 2025, he worked at [Westcliff High School for Boys](/source/Westcliff_High_School_for_Boys). Cooper made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1975 County Championship](/source/1975_County_Championship). He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1978 County Championship](/source/1978_County_Championship).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28709/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Nicholas Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}} In his seventeen first-class matches for the county, he scored 561 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 18.80, with a high score of 106.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28709/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nicholas Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}} His only [century](/source/century_(cricket)) came against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35963.html|title=Oxford University v Gloucestershire, 1976|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}} He made his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for the county against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1975 John Player League](/source/1975_John_Player_League). He made four further List A appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against [Minor Counties West](/source/Minor_Counties_West).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28709/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Nicholas Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}} He struggled in limited-overs matches for the county, scoring just 27 runs at an average of 5.40, with a high score of 12.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28709/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nicholas Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}} In 1979 he undertook studies at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), while there he played first-class cricket for [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club), making his debut against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club). He made six further first-class appearances for the university in that season, the last of which came against Oxford University. In his seven first-class appearances for the university, he scored 264 runs at an average of 37.71, with a highest score of 54. He also took 6 wickets for the university, which came at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 36.00, with best figures of 2/11.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28709/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Nicholas Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}} He also played List A cricket for the [Combined Universities](/source/British_Universities_cricket_team) in the [1979 Benson & Hedges Cup](/source/1979_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup), making four appearances. Again he struggled in the limited-overs format, scoring 58 runs at an average of 14.50, with a highest score of 37. He did though take his only wickets in that format for the Combined Universities.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28709/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Nicholas Cooper|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}} After leaving first class cricket Cooper played for many years at Westcliff Cricket Club, Where he was a key part in one of the best sides in the club's illustrious history. Cooper retired from teaching geology at [Westcliff High School for Boys](/source/Westcliff_High_School_for_Boys) at the end of the 2024/25 academic year, where he had worked for over 40 years.{{cite web |url=http://www.whsb.essex.sch.uk/2498/about-us/staff|title=STAFF LIST: ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-15|date=|website=Westcliff High School for Boys|accessdate=23 December 2014}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11305.html Nicholas Cooper] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo) *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28709/28709.html Nicholas Cooper] at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Nicholas}} Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Bristol Category:English cricketers Category:Gloucestershire cricketers Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:British Universities cricketers Category:Hertfordshire cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nicholas Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Cooper) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Cooper?action=history)). 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