Hopper Levett
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Hopper Levett
| image = HopperLevett.jpg
| country = England
| fullname = William Howard Vincent Levett
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|1|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Goudhurst, Kent
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|11|30|1908|1|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = Hastings, East Sussex
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed
| role = Wicket-keeper
| international = true
| onetest = true
| testdebutdate = 5 January
| testdebutyear = 1934
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 273
| club1 = Kent
| year1 = 1930–1947
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 7
| bat avg1 = 7.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 5
| deliveries1 = 0
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/0
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 175
| runs2 = 2,524
| bat avg2 = 12.25
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2
| top score2 = 76
| deliveries2 = 3
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 283/195
| date = 20 July
| year = 2009
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16265.html CricInfo
}}
William Howard Vincent "Hopper" Levett (25 January 1908 – 30 November 1995) was an English cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Kent County Cricket Club between 1930 and 1947.
Levett was born at Goudhurst in Kent and educated at Brighton College. He played in one Test match in 1934. He was a gentleman farmer from an old Kentish family that owned hop farms. He died at Hastings in Sussex.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-hopper-levett-1524831.html|title= Obituary: Hopper Levett|work=The Independent|date=9 December 1995|author=Derek Hodgson}}Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, pp. 105–109. ([https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_Two.pdf Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.)
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External links
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Category:England Test cricketers
Category:20th-century English farmers
Category:People from Goudhurst
Category:People educated at Brighton College
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Minor Counties cricketers
Category:North v South cricketers
Category:Presidents of Kent County Cricket Club
Category:English cricketers of 1919 to 1945
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers
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