In 1904, he became engaged as head groundsman at the County Ground in Southampton.[5] Whilst engaged at Southampton, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Surrey in the 1906 County Championship, and Yorkshire in the 1911 County Championship.[1] During his time at Hampshire, he became one of the most renowned groundsmen in the country,[5] and prior to the First World War, he turned down the opportunity to become the head groundsman at Lord's.[6] During the war, he helped to organise exhibition matches against both British and overseas armed forces sides to raise money for the Red Cross Fund.[7] He celebrated 18 years service with Hampshire in 1922, for which he was recognised with a testimonial during a home match at Southampton against Nottinghamshire.[8][9] In later life, Hopkins suffered from ill-health, spending part of 1923 recovering from a serious illness.[10] Hopkins died at Southampton in January 1930, following a six-week illness.[11] He was laid to rest at Hollybrook Cemetery, with his funeral attended by many cricketers.[12]
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^ abc"First-Class Matches played by Frank Hopkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
frank, hopkins, cricketer, frank, jesse, hopkins, june, 1875, january, 1930, english, first, class, cricketer, groundskeeper, frank, hopkinspersonal, informationfull, namefrank, jesse, hopkinsborn, 1875, june, 1875kings, norton, worcestershire, englanddied15, . Frank Jesse Hopkins 30 June 1875 15 January 1930 was an English first class cricketer and groundskeeper Frank HopkinsPersonal informationFull nameFrank Jesse HopkinsBorn 1875 06 30 30 June 1875Kings Norton Worcestershire EnglandDied15 January 1930 1930 01 15 aged 54 Southampton Hampshire EnglandBattingLeft handedBowlingLeft arm mediumDomestic team informationYearsTeam1898 1903Warwickshire1906 1911HampshireCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 14Runs scored 44Batting average 2 75100s 50s Top score 13Balls bowled 1 562Wickets 29Bowling average 32 415 wickets in innings 110 wickets in match Best bowling 5 10Catches stumpings 3 Source Cricinfo 1 February 2010 Hopkins was born in June 1875 at Kings Norton Worcestershire He made his debut in first class cricket for Warwickshire against Lancashire at Liverpool in the 1898 County Championship 1 His initial matches aroused suspicion around his bowling action with the Lancashire Evening Post reporting that his deliveries were regarded as suspicious on debut The Leeds Mercury similarly noted this reporting how other players realised that his bowling action was open to serious question 2 This suspicion culminated in him being called for throwing by umpire Valentine Titchmarsh in his sixth match of 1898 against Kent at Tonbridge 3 Soon after he was dropped from the team and played only three further matches for Warwickshire in 1898 The nine matches he did play in saw Hopkins take 24 wickets average of 29 91 with best figures of 5 for 10 against Kent in his second match 4 Hopkins did not play for Warwickshire in 1899 featuring only twice more against Essex in the 1900 County Championship and Surrey in the 1903 County Championship 1 In 1904 he became engaged as head groundsman at the County Ground in Southampton 5 Whilst engaged at Southampton he made two appearances in first class cricket for Hampshire against Surrey in the 1906 County Championship and Yorkshire in the 1911 County Championship 1 During his time at Hampshire he became one of the most renowned groundsmen in the country 5 and prior to the First World War he turned down the opportunity to become the head groundsman at Lord s 6 During the war he helped to organise exhibition matches against both British and overseas armed forces sides to raise money for the Red Cross Fund 7 He celebrated 18 years service with Hampshire in 1922 for which he was recognised with a testimonial during a home match at Southampton against Nottinghamshire 8 9 In later life Hopkins suffered from ill health spending part of 1923 recovering from a serious illness 10 Hopkins died at Southampton in January 1930 following a six week illness 11 He was laid to rest at Hollybrook Cemetery with his funeral attended by many cricketers 12 References edit a b c First Class Matches played by Frank Hopkins CricketArchive Retrieved 15 August 2023 Kent v Warwickshire Leeds Mercury 27 June 1898 p 7 Retrieved 16 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive Frank Hopkins www oldebor wordpress com Retrieved 16 August 2023 First Class Bowling For Each Team by Frank Hopkins CricketArchive Retrieved 16 August 2023 a b Wisden Obituaries in 1930 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 16 August 2023 A to Z H14 www hampshirecrickethistory wordpress com Retrieved 16 August 2023 Cricket Hampshire Observer and Basingstoke News Basingstoke 18 September 1915 p 2 Retrieved 16 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive Walter Simon 3 May 2012 The ups and downs of Hampshire s groundsman Daily Echo Southampton Retrieved 17 August 2023 Today s match Hampshire Advertiser Southampton 1 July 1922 p 11 Retrieved 16 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive Jesse Hopkins Hampshire Advertiser Southampton 1 December 1923 p 5 Retrieved 16 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive Groundsman s death Portsmouth Evening News 16 January 1930 p 14 Retrieved 16 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive The late Jesse Hopkin s Hampshire Advertiser Southampton 25 January 1930 p 5 Retrieved 16 August 2023 via British Newspaper Archive External links editFrank Hopkins at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank Hopkins cricketer amp oldid 1209219398, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
