George R. Hunt Explained

George Hunt
Fullname:George Rupert Hunt
Birth Date:1873 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Bathwick, Somerset
Death Place:Old Bursledon, Hampshire
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Club1:Somerset
Year1:1898
Columns:1
Hidedeliveries:true
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:4
Bat Avg1:2.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:3
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14315.html ESPNcricinfo
Date:21 September
Year:2017

George Rupert Hunt (23 March 1873 – 22 August 1960) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Somerset. He was born in Bathwick and died in Old Bursledon, Hampshire.[1]

Hunt made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1898 season, against Surrey. Somerset were short of players for the match, and recruited Hunt, who had played cricket while at the University of Oxford, though never for their first team. From the middle order, he scored a single run in the first innings in which he batted, and, upon being moved to the opening order in the second innings, scored three runs. The Somerset cricket historian Stephen Hill speculated that Hunt might have been promoted to open in the second innings as the captain was "aware that the new man was unlikely ever to have another opportunity to experience county cricket."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player profile: George Hunt . CricketArchive . 21 September 2017 . subscription .
  2. Book: Hill, Stephen . Somerset Cricketers 1882 – 1914 . 2016 . Halsgrove . Wellington, Somerset . 978-0-85704-291-0 . 195–6.