Tom Hunt (cricketer)

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

Tom Hunt

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Hunt
Born	2 September 1819 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Died	11 September 1858(1858-09-11) (aged 39) Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1845–1851	Yorkshire
1849	Lancashire
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

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

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. "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

External links

• Tom Hunt at ESPNcricinfo