Hunter Hendry

Personal information

Full name

Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry

Born

24 May 1895
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

Died

16 December 1988 (aged 93)
Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Nickname

Stork

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Batting style

Right-hand batsman

Bowling style

Righ-arm medium fast

Role

All-rounder

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1918–1924

New South Wales

1924–1934

Victoria

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	FC
Matches	11	140
Runs scored	335	6799
Batting average	20.93	37.56
100s/50s	1/0	14/34
Top score	112	325*
Balls bowled	1706	16601
Wickets	16	229
Bowling average	40.00	29.02
5 wickets in innings	0	6
10 wickets in match	0	1
Best bowling	3/36	8/33
Catches/stumpings	10/0	152/0

Source: CricketArchive, 9 February 2008

Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry (24 May 1895 — 16 December 1988) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales, Victoria and Australia.

Nicknamed "Stork", Hendry was a formidable batsman to whom bowlers found difficulty in delivering. He played in 11 Tests and 140 first-class matches between 1918–19 and 1935–36.

At the time of his death, aged 93, he was the oldest surviving Test and Sheffield Shield cricketer.

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Preceded by Percy Fender	Oldest living Test cricketer 15 June 1985 – 16 December 1988	Succeeded by Bill Ponsford

Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1900–01 to 1949–50)

1900–01: Saunders/Travers 1901–02: Braund 1902–03: Saunders 1903–04: Rhodes 1904–05: Collins 1905–06: Garnsey 1906–07: Garnsey 1907–08: Crawford/Saunders 1908–09: O'Connor 1909–10: Saunders 1910–11: Whitty 1911–12: Foster 1912–13: Massie 1913–14: Kelleway 1914–15: Ironmonger 1915–16: – 1916–17: – 1917–18: – 1918–19: McDonald 1919–20: Hendry 1920–21: Mailey 1921–22: McDonald 1922–23: Mailey 1923–24: Hartkopf/Williams 1924–25: Tate 1925–26: Grimmett 1926–27: Williams 1927–28: Grimmett 1928–29: Grimmett 1929–30: Grimmett 1930–31: Grimmett 1931–32: Grimmett 1932–33: O'Reilly 1933–34: Grimmett 1934–35: Fleetwood-Smith 1935–36: Ward 1936–37: Fleetwood-Smith/Ward 1937–38: Fleetwood-Smith/O'Reilly 1938–39: Fleetwood-Smith 1939–40: Grimmett 1940–41: O'Reilly 1941–42: O'Reilly 1942–43: – 1943–44: – 1944–45: – 1945–46: Tribe 1946–47: Wright 1947–48: Mankad 1948–49: Johnson

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

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Hunter Hendry

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