Alfred Edward Cooper (10 August 1869 – 15 August 1960) was a South African cricketer who played at first-class level for Griqualand West and Transvaal (now Gauteng). Cooper was born in Cape Town in 1869. He made his first-class debut for Griqualand West in December 1890, against Eastern Province in the Champion Bat Tournament. (The team was then alternatively known as Kimberley, after the town of the same name). On debut, Cooper took three wickets (3/31) in Eastern Province's first innings, with the game concluding after two days with an Eastern Province victory. His next match came in the same tournament two days later, against Western Province at Newlands in Cape Town. In that match, Cooper opened the bowling with future South African international George Glover in each innings, taking 4