Rustom Cooper

Rustom Cooper
India (IND)
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling type -
First-class record
Matches 22
Runs scored 1205
Batting average 52.39
100s/50s 3/10
Top score 127*
Balls bowled 138
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best Bowling
Catches/Stumpings 7/0
First class debut: 16 December 1941
Last first class game: 18 July 1951
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Rustom Sorabji Cooper (born 15 December 1922 in Bombay) is a former Indian first class cricketer.

He was a right-handed batsman and made his first class debut in the 1941/42 Bombay Pentangular Tournament, playing for the Parsees cricket team. Later in the season he represented Bombay in the Ranji Trophy.

Selected to play for the Rest of India against Western India States in February 1944, Cooper came into bat at 8 and made his maiden first class century. Cooper finished the season with an average of 76.60. He improved further in 1944-45, averaging 91.83 and scoring two centuries. This tally included a century in the Ranji Trophy final against Holkar to help them win the title.

Cooper didn't play cricket again until he moved to England in 1949. He was signed by Middlesex and played one game in the 1949 County Championship. The following season he got a longer run in the side but struggled to make an impact averaging just 19.63 in games played for the county.

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