| David Cowper | |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Batting: | Right handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Family: | Bob Cowper (brother) Dave Cowper (father) |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 1965–66 |
| Date: | 4 December |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4788.html Cricinfo |
David Raymond Cowper (born 25 January 1939) is an Australian former cricketer. He played two first-class cricket matches for Victoria during the 1965–66 season as a wicket-keeper.[1]
Cowper made his state debut against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club side of 1965–66, called up after an injury to Ray Jordon.[2] Batting at number nine, he made 60 not out in Victoria's first innings and shared in a unbeaten 122 run partnership with Graeme Watson for the eighth wicket.[2] Cowper featured in Victoria's next match against Western Australia, he scored 3 and 22 not out in his only experience of Sheffield Shield cricket.[3] His younger brother, Bob, played alongside him in both his first-class matches.
Cowper had a lengthy grade cricket career with Richmond Cricket Club, making a club record 297 appearances between 1958 and 1980.[4] [5]
In 1993, Cowper emigrated to Birmingham in England, the birthplace of his wife.[2] He was a cricket coach for Warwickshire Cricket Board[6] and managed the county's under-17s team in the late 1990s and 2000s which included overseeing the development of Ian Bell.[2]