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| Full name | Andrew James Mendez Hooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1945 Denmark Hill, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Matthew Hooper (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1969 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 3 August 1966 Kent v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 9 August 1969 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,5 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew James Mendez Hooper (born 17 September 1945) is an English former cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1966 and 1969. [1]
Hooper was born at Denmark Hill in London in 1945. He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent against Warwickshire in the 1966 County Championship at Canterbury,having played for the county's Second XI earlier the same season. [2] He played primarily as a left-arm spin bowler,making 13 first-class appearances for Kent. His final match for the county was against Sussex in August 1969. [2]
Hooper played regularly for Blackheath Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League,captaining the First XI and winning the league Player of the Season award in 1984. [3] [4] [5] He was capped by the Club Cricket Conference in 1980,playing for the CCC side between 1980 and 1984. [2] In 1984 he moved to Hampshire where he played for Andover Cricket Club and was Director of Cricket and President at the club. [4] [6] [7]
Hooper had four children,all of who played cricket in some form. One of his sons,Matthew Hooper,made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge UCCE in 2005. [8]