deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 510 228 2 10 & ndash ; / & ndash ; & ndash ; / 1979 1975 & ndash ; 1978 2011 14 october 1953 & ndash ; & ndash ; right-arm off break england cambridge university gloucestershire & ndash ; & ndash ; left-handed nicholas henry charles cooper bristol , england first-class list a http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11305.html cricinfo 1953 10 14 yes 825 85 7 2 1/3 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 24 9 nicholas cooper

nicholas cooper

nicholas henry charles cooper -lrb- born 14 october 1953 -rrb- is a former english cricketer .
cooper was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break .
he was born in bristol .
cooper made his first-class debut for gloucestershire against yorkshire in the 1975 county championship .
he made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county , the last of which came against worcestershire in the 1978 county championship .
in his seventeen first-class matches for the county , he scored 561 runs at an average of 18.80 , with a high score of 106 .
his only century came against oxford university in 1976 .
he made his list a debut for the county against essex in the 1975 john player league .
he made four further list a appearances for gloucestershire , the last of which came against minor counties west .
he struggled in limited-overs matches for the county , scoring just 27 runs at an average of 5.40 , with a high score of 12 .
in 1979 he undertook studies at the university of cambridge , while there he played first-class cricket for cambridge university cricket club , making his debut against leicestershire .
he made six further first-class appearances for the university in that season , the last of which came against oxford university .
in his seven first-class appearances for the university , he scored 264 runs at an average of 37.71 , with a highest score of 54 .
he also took 6 wickets for the university , which came at a bowling average of 36.00 , with best figures of 2/11 .
he also played list a cricket for the combined universities in the 1979 benson & hedges cup , making four appearances .
again he struggled in the limited-overs format , scoring 58 runs at an average of 14.50 , with a highest score of 37 .
he did though take his only wickets in that format for the combined universities .
cooper is currently teaching geology at westcliff high school for boys , where he has been working for over 30 years .
his experience has led him to be one of the two department heads in the geography and geology department .
naturally he takes his place as ` head of geology ' .
