William Hopkinson

William Hopkinson (29 April 1835 – 25 November 1913) was an Engine Fitter and an English first-class cricketer active 1861–63 who played for Kent.

Hopkinson was born on 29 April 1835 in Staveley, Derbyshire and played Cricket for Derbyshire in a county match in his youth. Around 1855 he moved to Chatham in Kent to work as an engine fitter in the dockyard. In 1861 he became a professional cricketer for Kent. After three years Hopkinson became a cricket coach at Lansing College and then Westminster College. Hopkinson died, aged 78, on 25 November 1913 in Gillingham, Kent.