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Bryce Cooper

Dr Bryce Arnot Cooper was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for New South Wales between 1928/29 and 1929/30. He also played for Glebe and was a blue in university cricket. He was a fast bowler. He was also a sprinter, javelin thrower, and high jumper. In baseball, he was the representative of the Sydney University Club. He was prominent in university sport. He also practised medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and gave evidence at the inquest on the death of Betty Fleming, and the subsequent trial of Thomas Langhorne Fleming on a charge of murder, in 1951.

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Bryce Cooper
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Born(1905-12-19)19 December 1905
Sydney, Australia
Died19 May 1995(1995-05-19) (aged 89)
Sydney, Australia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 December 2016

Dr Bryce Arnot Cooper1 (19 December 1905 – 19 May 1995) was an Australian cricketer.2 He played two first-class matches for New South Wales between 1928/29 and 1929/30.3 He also played for Glebe4 and was a blue in university cricket.5 He was a fast bowler.6 He was also a sprinter,7 javelin thrower,8 and high jumper.9 In baseball, he was the representative of the Sydney University Club.10 He was prominent in university sport.11 He also practised medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital12 and gave evidence at the inquest on the death of Betty Fleming,13 and the subsequent trial of Thomas Langhorne Fleming on a charge of murder, in 1951.14

Cooper was the only son of Thomas Bryce Arnot Cooper (died 1952), Under-secretary for Works in the NSW parliament and Fannie Cooper, née Barbour, who married on 11 February 1903.15 Fannie was a daughter of Robert Barbour MLA (1827–1895).

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References

References

  1. The Sun, Sydney, 24 January 1930, p 9.
  2. "Bryce Cooper". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. "Bryce Cooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  4. "Outfielder Watches the Game", The Sun, Sydney, 24 January 1930, p 9.
  5. "Ballers Miss Dr. Cooper" in "University Sport", Referee, Sydney, 11 June 1930, p 25
  6. "Sports of all Sorts", Arrow, Sydney, 11 January 1929, p 15
  7. "Just Scraped Home", Truth, Sydney, 10 January 1926, p 4
  8. "Athletics", Sydney Sportsman, Surry Hills, 9 July 1932, p 6
  9. "Bryce Cooper" in "Sydney's Junior Cricketers", Arrow, Sydney, 26 October 1923, p 10
  10. Outfield, "Baseball", Arrow, Sydney, 13 April 1928, p 14
  11. "University Star", Evening News, Sydney, 9 October 1930, p 2
  12. The Sun, Sydney, 2 July 1932, p 7
  13. "Inquest On Station Woman's Death In Car", The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 2 August 1951, p 3
  14. "Crown Experiment in Fleming Murder Trial", Queensland Times, Ipswich, 30 August 1951, p 3
  15. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 20, 296. New South Wales, Australia. 28 March 1903. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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