Duncan Cooper (cricketer)
Duncan Elphinstone Cooper was an Indian-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in Bengal, India and died in Paddington.
He was the son of Major General George Cooper and his first wife Jane née Munn.
In 1841 he travelled from London to Australia with George and Harry Thompson, brothers who were to become his partners as squatters and sheep farmers near Fiery Creek, Raglan. In his spare time Duncan painted landscapes of the surrounding area which were later gathered together and published as "The Challicium Sketch Book".
Cooper made a single first-class appearance for the Australian cricket team, during the 1850–51 season, against Tasmania. This match was the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia. From the opening order, Cooper scored four runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second.
In 1854 Cooper left Australia and returned to London where he lived, a confirmed bachelor, until his death at the age of ninety.
