Background
He was born at Herne Bay, Kent, and was educated at Dulwich College.
He was born at Herne Bay, Kent, and was educated at Dulwich College.
Dulwich College.
Hopwood was a right-handed batsman. Hopwood made a single first-class appearance the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner"s in 1951. In a match which ended as a draw, Hopwood opened the batting in the Free Foresters first-innings, scoring 8 runs before he was dismissed by Owen Wait, while in their second-innings he again opened the batting and was dismissed by the same bowler for a single run.
This was his only first-class appearance.
He died at Fleetwood, Lancashire in May 2002.