Edward Thomas Coppinger (25 November 1846 – 26 February 1927) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club in 1873.[1]
Coppinger was born at Bexley in Kent in 1846, the son of Edward and Mildred Coppinger. His father was a publican and came from a cricketing family.[2] [3] Coppinger played club cricket for sides in Essex and Metropolitan Kent, including as a wicket-keeper for Blackheath against the touring Australian Aboriginal side in 1868.[4] He played twice for Kent in first-class cricket, both matches coming in August 1873.[5] On his debut for the county against Surrey at The Oval he took a five-wicket haul, taking five wickets for 29 runs in Surrey's second innings. This was the only innings in which be bowled in first-class cricket.[4]
Like his father Coppinger was a pub landlord, first in Lewisham before taking over his father's pub at New Cross. He later set up business as a spirit merchant and distiller at Kingston-upon-Thames. He became a local councillor and Justice of the Peace and served as mayor of Kingston in 1890/91. He married Emily Hutchinson in 1870; the couple had five children.[4] Coppinger died at his home at Surbiton in 1927 at the age of 80.[3] [4] Two of his brothers, Charles and William, and an uncle Septimus all played first-class cricket.[4] [5]