Edward Coppinger
Edward Thomas Coppinger (25 November 1846 – 26 February 1927) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club in 1873.[1]
Coppinger was born at Bexley in Kent in 1846, the son of Edward and Mildred Coppinger. His father was a publican and came from a cricketing family.[2][3] Coppinger played club cricket in Essex and Metropolitan Kent, including as a wicket-keeper for Blackheath against the touring Australian Aboriginals in 1868.[4] He played twice for Kent in first-class cricket, both matches coming in August 1873.[5] On his debut for the county against Surrey at The Oval he took a five-wicket haul, taking five wickets for 29 runs in Surrey's second innings. This was the only innings in which be bowled in first-class cricket.[4]
Like his father Coppinger was a pub landlord, first in Lewisham before taking over his father's pub at New Cross. He later set up business as a spirit merchant and distiller at Kingston-upon-Thames. He became a local councillor and Justice of the Peace and served as mayor of Kingston in 1890/91. He married Emily Hutchinson in 1870; the couple had five children.[4] Coppinger died at his home at Surbiton in 1927 at the age of 80.[3][4] Two of his brothers, Charles and William, and an uncle Septimus all played first-class cricket.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Edward Coppinger, Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ↑ Carlaw, pp. 123–124. (Retrieved 21 December 2020.)
- 1 2 Coppinger, Edward Thomas, Obituaries in 1927, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1928. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Carlaw, pp. 124–125.
- 1 2 Edward Coppinger, CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2017. (subscription required)
Bibliography
[edit]- Carlaw, Derek (2020). Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part One (1806–1914) (PDF). Cardiff: ACS.