Full Name

Geoffrey William Vanderbyl Hopley

Born

September 09, 1891, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa

Died

May 12, 1915, Wimereux, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, (aged 23y 245d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Second Lieut. Geoffrey William Vanderbyl Hopley (2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards) died at the age of 23 on May 12 in the Military Hospital at Boulogne-sur-Mer, having been severely wounded in Flanders on February 3. He was in the Harrow Eleven in 1909 and 1910, in the latter season being second in the batting averages with 27.18. In his two matches against Eton he scored 1 and 23, 35 and 8. Proceeding to Cambridge, he obtained his Blue in 1912, making 14 and 6 not out v Oxford, but was unable to keep his place in either of the two following years. In 1914 he gave every promise of regaining a position in the side, scoring 29 and 120 in the Seniors' Match and 86 and 68 in a Trial game, but later he was quite out of form. In 1912 he won the heavyweight boxing for Cambridge. He was brother of Mr. FJV Hopley, and had been a member of the MCC since 1911.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Geoffrey Hopley Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC152943094212.3600230

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC15252111/2121.005.0425.000

Debut/Last Matches of Geoffrey Hopley

FC Matches

Span
1911 - 1914

Recent Matches of Geoffrey Hopley

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Cambridge U vs Oxford Uni14 & 6*08-Jul-1912Lord'sFC
Harrow Schl vs Eton College35 & 808-Jul-1910Lord'sOTHER