Edgar Cooper

{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Edgar Cooper

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|11|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|3|15|1891|11|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kettering, Northamptonshire, England

| heightft =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| family =

| club1 = Glamorgan

| year1 = 1921

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| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 46

| bat avg1 = 5.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 14

| deliveries1 = 684

| wickets1 = 10

| bowl avg1 = 40.60

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/61

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 30 June

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10803.html Cricinfo

}}

Edgar Cooper (12 November 1891 – 15 March 1959) was a Welsh cricketer. Cooper was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.

Cooper made his debut for Glamorgan in the 1912 Minor Counties Championship against Monmouthshire at Cardiff Arms Park. In 1913 he played a further Minor Counties match for Glamorgan against the same opposition.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4292/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edgar Cooper]

He made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in 1921 against Sussex, in Glamorgan's inaugural first-class match. He played 3 further first-class matches for the county in 1923, with his final match for Glamorgan coming against Worcestershire.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4292/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Edgar Cooper] In his four first-class matches he scored 46 runs at a batting average of 5.75, with a high score of 14. In the field he took three catches[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4292/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edgar Cooper] With the ball he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 40.60, with best figures of 4/61.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4292/f_Bowling_by_Team.html First-class Bowling For Each Team by Edgar Cooper]

Cooper died at Kettering, Northamptonshire on 15 March 1959.