John Hope (cricketer, born 1841) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Hope . New Zealand Cricket . 12 November 2021.
  2. Web site: John Hope . 14 May 2016 . ESPNCricinfo.
  3. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 69. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (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.)