Edwin Coup (9 June 1861 – 2 July 1892), also known as Edwin Coupe, was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1885 and 1887.
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| Full name | Edwin Coup | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1861 Ripley, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 July 1892 (aged 31) Mickleover, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1885–1887 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 13 August 1885 Derbyshire v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 15 August 1887 Derbyshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 30 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Coup was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, the son of John Coupe a building contractor and his wife Martha. Coup trained as an architect [1] and made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1885 season in August in a victory against Hampshire. He played eight matches in the 1886 season and achieved his best single-innings total of 33. He played occasionally in the 1887 season which was his last season for the club. Coup was a left-handed batsman and played 26 innings in 13 first-class matches with an average of 8.47 and a top score of 33.[2]
Coup died in Mickleover at the age of 31.
References
edit- ^ British Census 1881
- ^ Edwin Coup at Cricket Archive