Mike Hooper (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mike Hooper

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| country = England

| fullname = John Michael Mackenzie Hooper

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|4|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Milford, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|4|2|1947|4|23|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| family = Harry Hooper (son)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1967 to 1972

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 21

| runs1 = 406

| bat avg1 = 15.61

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 41*

| deliveries1 = 36

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 10.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/10

| catches/stumpings1= 14/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 17

| runs2 = 275

| bat avg2 = 16.17

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 40

| deliveries2 = 36

| wickets2 = 2

| bowl avg2 = 23.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = 2/46

| catches/stumpings2= 4/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30360/30360.html CricketArchive

| date = 31 December 2016

}}

John Michael Mackenzie Hooper (23 April 1947 – 2 April 2010) was an English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Surrey from 1967 to 1972.

Mike Hooper was a champion schoolboy cricketer at Charterhouse, and played for English combined schools sides in 1964 and 1965.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30360/Miscellaneous_Matches.html | title = Miscellaneous matches played by Mike Hooper | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 31 December 2016}} He was the leading scorer when an MCC Schools team toured South Africa in 1965–66.Wisden 1967, p. 901.

Hooper began playing for Surrey in 1967. When Surrey won the Second Eleven Championship in 1968 he scored 805 runs at an average of 53.66,Wisden 1969, p. 740. including 168 in an innings victory over Kent.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29425.html| title = Surrey Second XI v Kent Second XI 1968| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 31 December 2016}} In 10 matches in the County Championship that year, however, he scored only 164 runs at an average of 11.71.Wisden 1969, p. 570.

Hooper played irregularly for Surrey thereafter without scoring a fifty. After the 1971 season he left cricket to work in the City of London.Wisden 2011, p. 191. He continued to play club cricket, and helped Charterhouse Friars win the Cricketer Cup on three occasions. He toured Bangladesh with MCC in 1976-77. His son, Harry, also played first-class cricket.