Henry Claude Hickson (4 September 1878 – 15 July 1948) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1898 to 1912, and represented New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
 1909 portrait of Claude Hickson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Henry Claude Hickson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1878 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 July 1948 (aged 69) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1898/99–1911/12 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A batsman who sometimes opened the innings, Claude Hickson was described in 1899 as a steady batsman with a "splendid defence ... a veritable heart-breaker to the opposing trundlers" and a "capital field in the slips".[1] He was selected to play for New Zealand against Lord Hawke's English team in 1902-03 after scoring 73 and 20 for Wellington against them. However, he was not successful, and New Zealand lost heavily.[2]
In 1904-05 he again performed well against the touring team, scoring 56 not out in Wellington's second innings to play the leading part in saving the match against the touring Australians.[3] He played in the second of New Zealand's two matches against the Australians, but again without success.[4]
He made his only first-class century a year later when he scored a chanceless 135 against Auckland. "No chance could be urged against him, and he batted with a welcome freedom that ought to encourage him to abandon his somewhat precise methods in future." Wellington won by 214 runs.[5][6]
Hickson was also a prominent hockey player who captained Wellington.[7] He worked for the Pensions Department in Wellington.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Our representative team". Evening Post. 20 December 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand v Lord Hawke's XI 1902-03 (I)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Wellington v Australians 1904-05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 46.
- ^ "Interprovincial Cricket". New Zealand Herald. 15 January 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Wellington v Auckland 1905-06". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Hockey Notes". New Zealand Free Lance. 12 June 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Personal Paragraphs". Manawatu Times. 5 December 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 23 January 2018.