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Claude Hickson

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Claude Hickson
1909 portrait of Claude Hickson
Personal information
Full name
Henry Claude Hickson
Born(1878-09-04)4 September 1878
Wellington, New Zealand
Died15 July 1948(1948-07-15) (aged 69)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898/99–1911/12Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 973
Batting average 21.62
100s/50s 1/2
Top score 135
Balls bowled 432
Wickets 10
Bowling average 22.50
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 7/56
Catches/stumpings 26/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2018

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.

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 Hickson 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]

Hickson 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 the Wellington representative team.[7] He worked for the Pensions Department in Wellington.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Our representative team". Evening Post. 20 December 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ "New Zealand v Lord Hawke's XI 1902-03 (I)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Wellington v Australians 1904-05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 46.
  5. ^ "Interprovincial Cricket". New Zealand Herald. 15 January 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Wellington v Auckland 1905-06". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Hockey Notes". New Zealand Free Lance. 12 June 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Personal Paragraphs". Manawatu Times. 5 December 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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