George Spencer Hooker (30 May 1836 – 1877) was an English cricketer. Hooker's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at East Grinstead, Sussex.
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| Full name | George Spencer Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1836 East Grinstead, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1877 (aged 40–41) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1857–1859 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hodson made his first-class debut for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1857. He made three further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in 1859.[1] In his four first-class matches for Sussex, he took 15 wickets at an average of 9.66, with best figures of 5/32.[2] These figures came on debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club, in which he took 10 of his 15 career wickets. He 5/32 in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings, while in their second-innings he took 5/33, finishing with match figures of 10/65.[3] With the bat, he scored a total of 35 runs at a batting average of 11.66, with a high score of 17.[4]
He died at Tunbridge Wells, Kent at some point in 1877.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Hooker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Hooker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1857". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Hooker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
External links
edit- George Hooker at ESPNcricinfo
- George Hooker at CricketArchive