Claude Hickson

Henry Claude Hickson (4 September 1878 – 15 July 1948) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1898 to 1912, and represented New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.

Claude Hickson
1909 portrait of Claude Hickson
Personal information
Full nameHenry Claude Hickson
Born(1878-09-04)4 September 1878
Wellington, New Zealand
Died15 July 1948(1948-07-15) (aged 69)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898-99 to 1911-12Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 973
Batting average 21.62
100s/50s 1/2
Top score 135
Balls bowled 432
Wickets 10
Bowling average 22.50
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 7/56
Catches/stumpings 26/0
Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2018

A batsman who sometimes opened the innings, Claude Hickson was described in 1899 as a steady batsman with a "splendid defence ... a veritable heart-breaker to the opposing trundlers" and a "capital field in the slips".[1] He was selected to play for New Zealand against Lord Hawke's English team in 1902-03 after scoring 73 and 20 for Wellington against them. However, he was not successful, and New Zealand lost heavily.[2]

In 1904-05 he again performed well against the touring team, scoring 56 not out in Wellington’s second innings to play the leading part in saving the match against the touring Australians.[3] He played in the second of New Zealand’s two matches against the Australians, but again without success.[4]

He made his only first-class century a year later when he scored a chanceless 135 against Auckland. "No chance could be urged against him, and he batted with a welcome freedom that ought to encourage him to abandon his somewhat precise methods in future." Wellington won by 214 runs.[5][6]

He was also a prominent hockey player who captained Wellington.[7] He worked for the Pensions Department in Wellington.[8]

References
  1. "Our representative team". Evening Post. 20 December 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. "New Zealand v Lord Hawke's XI 1902-03 (I)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. "Wellington v Australians 1904-05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 46.
  5. "Interprovincial Cricket". New Zealand Herald. XLIII (13075). 15 January 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. "Wellington v Auckland 1905-06". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. "Hockey Notes". New Zealand Free Lance. 12 June 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. "Personal Paragraphs". Manawatu Times. XLIX (2314). 5 December 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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