John Hope (cricketer, born 1841)

John Hayhurst Hope (6 February 1841 – 12 November 1910) was an English-born cricketer.[1] He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1863–64 and 1866–67 seasons.[2]

John Hope
Personal information
Full name
John Hayhurst Hope
Born(1841-02-06)6 February 1841
Little Eaton, Derbyshire, England
Died12 November 1910(1910-11-12) (aged 69)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1863/64–1866/67Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 May 2016

Hope was born at Little Eaton in Derbyshire and educated at Aldenham.[3] He played in the first four first-class matches played in New Zealand, all for Otago against Canterbury. A wicket-keeper, Hope scored a total of 84 runs and took 12 catches.[1] In New Zealand he worked for the New Zealand Customs Department. He moved to Argentina in the late 1860s where he farmed cattle.[4] He died in 1910 at the age of 69 at Buenos Aires in Argentina.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "John Hope". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "John Hope". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 69. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. ^ Otago Daily Times, issue 4980, 2 February 1878, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 18 July 2023.)
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