Charlie Hopkins

Charles Edwin Heughan Hopkins (born 12 June 1987) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Hopkins was born at Peterborough and was educated at Bourne Grammar School, before going up to the University of Nottingham to study bioscience.[1] He then undertook postgraduate studies at Jesus College, Cambridge.[1] While at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge MCCU against Surrey at Fenner's in 2010.[2][notes 1] He played a further first-class match in 2010 for Cambridge MCCU against Leicestershire, before making a first-class appearance in 2010 for Cambridge University against Oxford University at Oxford.[2] He played three first-class matches while at Cambridge, scoring 34 runs and taking 2 wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling.[3] He gained a blue in cricket.[1]

Hopkins played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire, debuting against Norfolk in the 2007 Minor Counties Championship.[4] He played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 2007–2010, making five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and two appearances in the minor counties one-day tournament.[4][5]