Bert Hopkins

For other people named Albert Hopkins, see Albert Hopkins (disambiguation).

Albert John Young "Bert" Hopkins (3 May 1874 – 25 April 1931) was an Australian cricketer who played in 20 Tests between 1902 and 1909. An all-rounder, Hopkins was a competent bowler and batsman in Australian domestic cricket for New South Wales, however he was less frequently called on to bowl in Test matches: he was not asked to bowl in a quarter of his appearances.^[1]

Bert Hopkins

Hopkins c. 1908
Personal information
Full name	Albert John Young Hopkins
Born	(1874-05-03)3 May 1874 Young, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 April 1931(1931-04-25) (aged 56) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Hoppo
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All rounder
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 82)	14 February 1902 v England
Last Test	9 August 1909 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 20 162 Runs scored 509 5563 Batting average 16.41 25.40 100s/50s 0/0 8/23 Top score 43 218 Balls bowled 1327 13619 Wickets 26 271 Bowling average 26.76 24.39 5 wickets in innings 0 10 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/81 7/10 Catches/stumpings 11/0 87/0
Source: Cricinfo

In the second Test at Lord's in 1902 under captain Joe Darling, Hopkins opened the bowling for Australia with Ernie Jones. Hopkins took the first two wickets of the English team, the famed batsmen C. B. Fry and Ranjitsinhji, both for ducks. These were the only two wickets that fell in the match, which was abandoned not long afterwards owing to persistent rain.^[2] He was also a strong fielder.

He worked in the Probate Office of New South Wales for more than 25 years. He died in hospital in April 1931 after a short illness, 8 days before his 57th birthday.^[3]

See also

• List of New South Wales representative cricketers