Bransby Cooper
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| Full name | Bransby Beauchamp Cooper | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1844 Dacca, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 August 1914 (aged 70) Geelong, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 3) | 15 March 1877 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1863–1867 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1868–1869 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1870/71–1877/78 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 October 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bransby Beauchamp Cooper (15 March 1844 – 7 August 1914) was a member of the Australian cricket team that played the inaugural Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1877. Cooper was born in Dacca in what was then British India in 1844. He played first-class cricket as an amateur in England for Middlesex and Kent County Cricket Clubs before moving to Australia where he played for Victoria. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper and the first Indian-born Test cricketer.