David Charles Hopkins (born 11 February 1957) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Hopkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Hopkins made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Somerset in the

1977 County Championship The 1977 County Championship was the 78th officially organised running of the County Championship. The Championship title was shared for only the third time in history after Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex and Kent County Cricket Club, K ...

. He made 35 further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the

1981 County Championship The 1981 Schweppes County Championship was the 82nd officially organised running of the County Championship. Nottinghamshire won the Championship title. The number of points awarded for a win was increased to 16. The Championship was sponsored ...

. In his 36 first-class matches, he scored 332 runs at an average of 10.37, with a high score of 34 not out. With the ball, he took 53 wickets at a

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of 38.13, with best figures of 6/67. These figures, his only

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in first-class cricket, came against Somerset in the

1979 County Championship The 1979 Schweppes County Championship was the 80th officially organised running of the County Championship. Essex won their first Championship title. Ten matches were abandoned without a ball being bowled and are not included in the table. The ...

, a season in which he took 27 wickets at an average of 32.81, which was his most successful season in first-class cricket. He made his

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debut for Warwickshire against

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in the

1978 John Player League The 1978 John Player League was the tenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second time by Hampshire County Cricket Club. Standings Batting averages Bowling averages See also Sun ...

. He made 23 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Devon in the

1980 Gillette Cup The 1980 Gillette Cup was an English limited overs county cricket tournament held between 2 July and 6 September 1980. It was the eighteenth and final Gillette Cup before it was renamed as the NatWest Trophy in 1981. Middlesex won the tournamen ...

. In his 24 List A appearances, he scored 60 runs at an average of 7.50, with a high score of 35 not out. With the ball, he took 22 wickets at an average of 32.36, with best figures of 3/26. Leaving Warwickshire at the end of the 1981 season he joined

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, making 2 appearances for the county in the 1982

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, both against

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