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Nick mallory (talk | contribs) Yorkshire cricketer Howard Cooper wasn't awarded the CBE. That was this guy with the same name - https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/8764832.director-of-wirral-adult-social-services-is-awarded-the-cbe-in-queens-new-years-honours-list/ |
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'''Howard Pennett Cooper''', |
'''Howard Pennett Cooper''', (born 17 April 1949)<ref name="YB">{{cite book |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=366}}</ref> is an English former [[first-class cricket]]er, who played for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] from 1971 to 1980,<ref name="YB"/> and for [[Northern Transvaal]] in the 1973/4 season |
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Cooper was born in [[Great Horton]], [[Bradford]], [[Yorkshire]]. He played club cricket for Bankfoot C.C. He developed his talent for swing and seam at brisk pace through Bankfoot's junior teams, before helping them win the [[Bradford League]] championship in 1972. Howard re-joined the club as [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] in 1984, where they gained promotion and led the side and the bowling attack for a further two years in Division One. |
Cooper was born in [[Great Horton]], [[Bradford]], [[Yorkshire]]. He played club cricket for Bankfoot C.C. He developed his talent for swing and seam at brisk pace through Bankfoot's junior teams, before helping them win the [[Bradford League]] championship in 1972. Howard re-joined the club as [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] in 1984, where they gained promotion and led the side and the bowling attack for a further two years in Division One. |
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Howard Pennett Cooper, (born 17 April 1949)[1] is an English former first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire from 1971 to 1980,[1] and for Northern Transvaal in the 1973/4 season
Cooper was born in Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire. He played club cricket for Bankfoot C.C. He developed his talent for swing and seam at brisk pace through Bankfoot's junior teams, before helping them win the Bradford League championship in 1972. Howard re-joined the club as captain in 1984, where they gained promotion and led the side and the bowling attack for a further two years in Division One.
Cooper was a right arm medium pace bowler, and tail end left-handed batsman. In 101 first-class matches, he took 233 wickets, with a best of 8-62, at an average of 28.02. He scored 1,191 runs, with a best score of 56, at an average of 14.34. He took 177 wickets at 23.63 in 142 one day games, with a career best of 6-14.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.