Ivan Cooper (cricketer)

Ivan Walter Cooper (28 January 1896 – 2 August 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played thirteen first-class matches for Auckland between 1925 and 1928.^[1][2]

Ivan Cooper

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Walter Cooper
Born	(1896-01-28)28 January 1896 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	2 August 1968(1968-08-02) (aged 72) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1924/25–1927/28	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 13 Runs scored 580 Batting average 30.52 100s/50s 0/4 Top score 80 Balls bowled 970 Wickets 6 Bowling average 97.16 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/18 Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 September 2019

Cooper was a batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. His best performance in the Plunket Shield came against Canterbury in the 1927–28 season, when he scored 40 and 80 (the highest score on either side) and took a wicket.^[3] He was twelfth man for New Zealand in the unofficial Test in Auckland against Australia a few weeks later, but played no first-class cricket after that.^[4][2]

Cooper served overseas with the New Zealand Medical Corps in World War I.^[5] He worked in Auckland as a jeweller.^[6]