Ken Hosking

John Kenneth Hosking (10 March 1913 – 1999) was an English cricketer active in the 1930s. Hosking, whose batting and bowling styles are unknown, played in one first-class cricket match.

Ken Hosking

Personal information
Full name	John Kenneth Hosking
Born	(1913-03-10)10 March 1913 Camborne, Cornwall, England
Died	1999 Canterbury, Kent, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1935/36	Mysore
1932–1938	Cornwall
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 32 Batting average 16.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 30 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 January 2015

Hosking made his debut for Cornwall against the Kent Second XI in the 1932 Minor Counties Championship. He continued to play minor counties cricket for Cornwall until 1934, after which he left England for the British Raj. While there he played a single first-class match for Mysore against Madras in the 1935–36 Ranji Trophy at the Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore. He scored 30 runs in Mysore's first-innings, before being dismissed by Ram Singh, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by Morappakam Gopalan, with Madras winning the match by 109 runs. Upon returning to England, Hosking played eight Minor Counties Championship matches for Cornwall in 1938.

External links

• Ken Hosking at ESPNcricinfo
• Ken Hosking at CricketArchive