John Hope | |
Fullname: | John Hayhurst Hope |
Birth Date: | 6 February 1841 |
Birth Place: | Little Eaton, Derbyshire, England |
Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Otago |
Date: | 14 May |
Year: | 2016 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37433.html ESPNcricinfo |
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]
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]