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Bransby Cooper

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Australian cricketer (1844-1914)

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Bransby Beauchamp Cooper was a member of the Australian cricket team that played the inaugural Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1877. Cooper was born in Dacca in what was then British India in 1844.

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Australia national cricket team1877
Victoria cricket team1871-1878
Kent County Cricket Club1868-1869
Middlesex County Cricket Club1863-1867

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Bransby Beauchamp Cooper was a member of the Australian cricket team that played the inaugural Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1877. Cooper was born in Dacca in what was then British India in 1844. He played first-class cricket as an amateur in England for Middlesex and Kent County Cricket Clubs before moving to Australia where he played for Victoria. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper and the first Indian-born Test cricketer.

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Australia
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deceased
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Lived 1844 to 1914 · aged 70
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