Mike Hooper (cricketer)

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
Personal information
Full nameJohn Michael Mackenzie Hooper
Born(1947-04-23)23 April 1947
Milford, Surrey, England
Died2 April 2010(2010-04-02) (aged 62)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967 to 1972Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 21 17
Runs scored 406 275
Batting average 15.61 16.17
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 41* 40
Balls bowled 36 36
Wickets 1 2
Bowling average 10.00 23.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/10 2/46
Catches/stumpings 14/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2016

Mike Hooper was a champion schoolboy cricketer at Charterhouse, and played for English combined schools sides in 1964 and 1965.[1] He was the leading scorer when an MCC Schools team toured South Africa in 1965–66.[2]

He 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,[3] including 168 in an innings victory over Kent.[4] In 10 matches in the County Championship that year, however, he scored only 164 runs at an average of 11.71.[5]

He played irregularly for Surrey thereafter without scoring a fifty. After the 1971 season he left cricket to work in the City of London.[6] He continued to play club cricket, and helped Charterhouse Friars win the Cricketer Cup on three occasions.[6] He toured Bangladesh with MCC in 1976-77. His son, Harry, also played first-class cricket.

References
  1. "Miscellaneous matches played by Mike Hooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. Wisden 1967, p. 901.
  3. Wisden 1969, p. 740.
  4. "Surrey Second XI v Kent Second XI 1968". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. Wisden 1969, p. 570.
  6. Wisden 2011, p. 191.
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