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Tom Hunt (cricketer)

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Tom Hunt
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Hunt
Born2 September 1819
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Died11 September 1858(1858-09-11) (aged 39)
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1845–1851Yorkshire
1849Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 39
Runs scored 922
Batting average 15.11
100s/50s 1/–
Top score 102
Balls bowled 1,449
Wickets 67
Bowling average 14.94
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/?
Catches/stumpings 33/9
Source: Cricinfo, 25 July 2019

Thomas Hunt (2 September 1819 – 11 September 1858) was an English first-class cricketer.

Hunt was born at Chesterfield in September 1819. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Yorkshire against Manchester at Manchester in 1845. Hunt played first-class cricket on 39 occasions from 1845 to 1858.[1] In addition to playing for Yorkshire, Hunt also appeared for an All England Eleven, England, Lancashire, Manchester, the North, the Players, Sheffield and a United All-England Eleven.[2] In his 39 matches he scored 922 runs at an average of 15.11, with a high score of 102.[3] This score, which was the only time he passed fifty in first-class cricket, came for the North in the North v South fixture of 1856 at Broughton.[4] As a right-arm roundarm fast bowler, he took 67 wickets at a bowling average of 14.94, taking five wickets in an innings on five occasions and ten wickets in a match once. Playing as a wicket-keeper, Hunt made nine stumpings.[3]

Crossing a railway line near Rochdale while returning from a cricket match, he was "overtaken by a train and fearfully mangled", and died shortly afterwards.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Tom Hunt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Tom Hunt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Player profile: Tom Hunt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ "North v South, 1856". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ^ Gentlemen Magazine, 1858 October, p.430
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