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Herbert Hopkins

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That marked the end of Hopkins' university cricket career, but he continued to appear, albeit somewhat irregularly, for Worcestershire over the next four seasons. In late June 1924, he scored 137 in a losing cause against
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Hopkins played for St. Margaret's (Anglican, Woodville) church team and Woodville Cricket Club before leaving Australia. He made his first-class debut for the Oxford University against
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at Oxford, he scored what was to remain his career-best innings of 142*, though he made only one other half-century that season. In early July 1923 he hit 100* for Oxford against
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During 1922 and 1923, Hopkins divided his playing time between his university and his county. In June 1922, in a 15-run win for Oxford over the
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around 1927; they had two children. The couple were involved with malaria research in Malaya, and were in Singapore at the time of the
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in June 1921. He scored 7 and 32 in a game which ended in a Free Foresters win despite an innings of 202 from Oxford captain
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After the 1927 season, Hopkins ceased to play English cricket because of his work as a doctor in the
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at the same venue a few days later, making 42 in a crushing innings-and-227-run triumph over
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of the island, and were held at Sime Road internment camp for the duration of the war.
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The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser
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South Australia. 8 October 1945. p. 6 29: 1150:Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom 1031:"Gloucestershire v Worcestershire in 1921" 921:"Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire in 1924" 772:– via National Library of Australia. 744:– via National Library of Australia. 716:– via National Library of Australia. 688:– via National Library of Australia. 660:– via National Library of Australia. 476:. He ended 1923 with 729 first-class runs 160:25 August 1931 Worcestershire v  28: 579:"Players and Officials – Herbert Hopkins" 570: 1140:British Army personnel of World War I 833:"Worcestershire v Lancashire in 1921" 604:"Teams played for by Herbert Hopkins" 146:1 June 1921 Oxford Univ. v  7: 1135:King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers 943:"Worcestershire v Glamorgan in 1924" 366:. His father was an employee of the 342:, though he also appeared once for 334:. The bulk of these games were for 1145:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford 855:"Oxford University v Army in 1922" 397:. 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Index

Herbert Oxley Hopkins
Adelaide
Milverton, Somerset
Oxford University
Worcestershire
FC
Free Foresters
FC
Sussex
First-class
Batting average
*
Balls
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
stumpings
CricketArchive
first-class cricketer
between the wars
Worcestershire
Oxford University
Harlequins
South Australia
Ridgway William Newland
Henry Simpson Newland
National Bank of Australasia
Eudunda
Woodville
Grange

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