Hugh Massie

Hugh Massie

Personal information
Full name	Hugh Hamon Massie
Born	11 April 1854 Near Belfast, now Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
Died	12 October 1938 (aged 84) Point Piper, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	–
Role	Top-order batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1878–1888	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC Matches 9 64 Runs scored 249 2485 Batting average 15.56 23.00 100s/50s 0/1 1/13 Top score 55 206 Balls bowled 0 126 Wickets 0 2 Bowling average n/a 30.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling n/a 2/39 Catches/stumpings 5/0 35/0
Source: CricketArchive, 14 April 2008

Hugh Hamon Massie (11 April 1854 – 12 October 1938) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia.^[1]

Massie's role in the 1882 Ashes Test at The Oval was almost as pivotal in deciding the result as Fred Spofforth's celebrated performance with the ball.^[2] With Charles Bannerman as his opening partner, the hard-hitting Massie scored 55 in 57 minutes from just sixty deliveries, with nine fours, to give the Australians a chance.^[3] They duly took the match to win by seven runs.

His son Robert John 'Jack' Allwright Massie was also a noted New South Wales cricketer.^[4]

Hugh Massie's Test career batting graph.

References

1. "Hugh Massie". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
2. "Classic Ashes clashes – 1882, The Oval". BBC. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
3. "Kennington Oval on 28th, 29th August 1882 (3-day match)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
4. "Jack Massie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

External links

• "Mr H H Massie". Cricket Magazine (reproduced by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians). 22 June 1882. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.