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Robert Maskew Cowper (born October 5, 1940 in Kew, Melbourne) is a former Australian, Victorian and Western Australian cricketer. October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest London. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 61,670 in the City of...


In 1966 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground he made 307 against England - the second highest score on Australian soil after Matthew Hayden's 380 against Zimbabwe at the WACA Ground in 2003. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Cricket at the MCG. The old Members Stand, in the centre background, has now been demolished. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Matthew Lawrence Hayden (29th October, 1971) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer. ... The WACA is the commonly used name to describe the sports ground in Perth, Western Australia as well as its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Cowper (pronounced Cooper) is a surname of several persons:
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Bob Cowper was an apprentice fitter and turner studying mechanics by day and engineering at night in Adelaide when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force aged 18 in December 1940, to serve in World War II.
Bob was knocked unconscious and came to just in time to open his parachute before landing in the Mediterranean Sea with pieces of the enemy aircraft embedded in his leg.
Bob recalled this was the second time he was posted missing in a few months and his fiancée, Katharine, feared their engagement would be the shortest in history.
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