Reginald Hopkins
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| Full name | Reginald Gordon Hopkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1904 Southsea, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 November 1982 (aged 78) Fuengirola, Andalusia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935/36 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927/28–1937/38 | Europeans (India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reginald Gordon Hopkins (6 June 1904 – 13 November 1982) was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.
Born at Southsea, Hampshire in June 1904, Hopkins was educated at Cheltenham College. He later served in the Army in India Reserve of Officers, holding the rank of lieutenant in 1928 and was promoted captain in 1933 but resigned his commission in January 1938.[1][2][3] While living in India, Hopkins made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans against the Hindus at Bombay in 1927.[4] Over the course of the next decade, he appeared in ten first-class matches in India, playing seven times for the Europeans, once for Bombay against the touring Australians in 1935, and twice for the Cricket Club of India.[4] He scored 302 runs during his first-class career, averaging 17.76, with a high score of 53.[5] He died at Fuengirola in Spain in November 1982.
References
[edit]- ↑ "No. 33401". The London Gazette. 6 July 1928. p. 4578.
- ↑ THE LONDON GAZETTE, 12 MAY, 1933 page 3207
- ↑ THE LONDON GAZETTE, 18 MARCH, 1938 page 1849
- 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Reginald Hopkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "Player profile: Reginald Hopkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.