Full Name

Arthur William Roper

Born

February 20, 1917, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales

Died

September 04, 1972, Woy Woy, Sydney, New South Wales, (aged 55y 197d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Wisden obituary
Arthur William (`Mick') Roper, who died in Sydney on September 4 at the age of 55, was a fast bowler in Lindsay Hassett's Services XI, which did much to re-establish international cricket after World War II. Mick Roper made countless friends with his blend of frankness and good humour. He played first-grade for Petersham at 17, for NSW Colts and was state fast bowler at 21. Mick became a Beaufighter pilot in 455 RAAF Squadron stationed in Scotland. He figured in a headlined incident at Lord's through a misunderstanding. Under cricket laws in 1945 a batsman could be out bowled if a ball disturbed a bail from its groove. When Roper hit G. O. Allen's wicket no bail fell and the batsman, picking the ball up, returned it. Given out on appeal, Allen walked away believing the appeal was for `handled the ball' instead of for an inspection of the stumps to see whether a bail was disturbed.
The Cricketer, February 1973

Mick Roper Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC11150102286.8000110

Bowling

FormatMatRunsWktsBBIAve5w10w
FC11503132/938.6900

Debut/Last Matches of Mick Roper

FC Matches

Span
1939/40 - 1939/40

Recent Matches of Mick Roper

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Australian S vs HDG LG XI100/15 & 0/1505-Sep-1945ScarboroughFC
RAAF vs South--1/3130-Jun-1945Lord'sOTHEROD
NSW vs Victoria0 & 00/2222-Dec-1939MelbourneFC
NSW vs South Aust15 & 01/83 & 1/2615-Dec-1939AdelaideFC