Joe Hunter (cricketer)

Joseph Hunter (3 August 1855 – 4 January 1891) was a professional cricketer, who played 143 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1878 and 1888.[1] Hunter also played five Test matches for England.

Joe Hunter
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Hunter
Born(1855-08-03)3 August 1855
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Died4 January 1891(1891-01-04) (aged 35)
Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed batsman
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 5 162
Runs scored 93 1,330
Batting average 18.60 7.86
100s/50s –/– –/2
Top score 39* 60*
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average n/a n/a
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling n/a n/a
Catches/stumpings 8/3 232/124
Source:

Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Hunter, who was one of five brothers, learnt his cricket on the beach at Scarborough and went on to become a first-class wicket-keeper. Although not rated as amongst the best of his contemporaries, he went on Alfred Shaw's tour of Australia in 1884/5, and it was there that he played his five Tests. He was dogged by ill-health, however, and retired from cricket in 1888, when he was replaced as Yorkshire's wicket-keeper by his brother, David.

Hunter originally was a stonemason, but went on to become a pub landlord.

Hunter died in January 1891 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, aged 35.

References
  1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.


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