Charles Hickey (cricketer)

Charles Ernest Henry Hickey (10 April 1880 – 9 June 1919) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1903 to 1910.[1]

Charles Hickey
Personal information
Full nameCharles Ernest Henry Hickey
Born(1880-04-10)10 April 1880
Wellington, New Zealand
Died9 June 1919(1919-06-09) (aged 39)
Wellington, New Zealand
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902-03 to 1910-11Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 84
Batting average 9.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 35
Balls bowled 930
Wickets 26
Bowling average 18.80
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/50
Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2020

Personal life

Hickey was born in Wellington, the son of a prominent local journalist and editor, M. C. Hickey.[2] He became a businessman in Wellington.

His wife Amy (nee Eversleigh) died on 27 May 1909 after a short illness; they had been married only 11 months.[3] He died after an illness in June 1919. Their daughter survived them.[2]

Cricket career

Hickey was a slow leg-spin bowler who was prominent in Wellington club cricket for the Phoenix and East clubs in the years before the First World War.[2] His success for East held back the early career of his club teammate, fellow leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett.[4]

His best first-class bowling figures were 4 for 50 and 3 for 36 in Wellington's victory over Canterbury in 1909-10.[5] In a two-day non-first-class match between Wellington and Nelson in Wellington in December 1902, Hickey, bowling unchanged throughout the first innings, took 9 for 27, puzzling the Nelson batsmen with his slow leg-breaks.[6] His batting was seldom productive, but he did score 35 to give Wellington a chance of victory in the Plunket Shield match against Auckland in 1910-11.[7]

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Hickey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. "Personal Items". Dominion. 10 June 1919. p. 4.
  3. "Personalia". New Zealand Times. 28 May 1909. p. 5.
  4. "With Bat and Ball". New Zealand Times. 23 December 1911. p. 20.
  5. "Wellington v Canterbury 1909-10". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. "Cricket: Wellington v. Nelson". New Zealand Times. 27 December 1902. p. 7.
  7. "Auckland v Wellington 1910-11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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