George Hooker (cricketer)

George Hooker

Personal information
Full name	George Spencer Hooker
Born	30 May 1836 East Grinstead, Sussex, England
Died	1877 (aged 40–41) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Batting style	Unknown
Bowling style	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1857–1859	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 35 Batting average 11.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 17 Balls bowled 345 Wickets 15 Bowling average 9.66 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 5/32 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2012

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.

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

1. "First-Class Matches played by George Hooker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
2. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Hooker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
3. "Sussex v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1857". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Hooker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

External links

• George Hooker at ESPNcricinfo
• George Hooker at CricketArchive