Bernard Hookins Explained

Bernard Hookins
Birth Date:	16 November 1883
Birth Place:	Nottingham, England
Death Date:	1946
Death Place:	Whitby, England

Bernard Lyddon Hookins (16 November 1883 – 1946), was a male English international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

He was selected to represent England during the 1930 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event).^[1] He was also selected as England captain for two international fixtures.^[2]

The team consisting of H.C. Cooke, Vincent Blatchford, Stanley Proffitt and Tommy Sears finished in sixth place.^[3] He was one of the four founders of the Yorkshire County Table Tennis Association in 1924 and represented Pontefract at club level.^[4]

See also

• List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swaythling Cup results. tischtennis-infos.de.
2. Web site: Bernard Lyddon Hookins International Sportsman. Hookins Links.
3. Web site: Once I Thought I Could Beat The World. Table Tennis England. 4 April 2018. 5 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/. dead.
4. Web site: YORKSHIRE-FIRST IN THE FIELD. Table Tennis England. 2018-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618062932/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1959-60/tt_issue145.pdf. 2017-06-18. dead.