Sid Hearn Explained

Sidney Hearn
Fullname:Sidney George Hearn
Birth Date:1899 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Harbledown, Kent
Death Place:Chartham, Kent
Batting:Left-handed
Bowling:Slow left arm orthodox
Family:Peter Hearn (nephew)
Club1:Kent
Year1:1922–1926
Type1:FC
Debutdate1:20 May
Debutyear1:1922
Debutfor1:Kent
Debutagainst1:Leicestershire
Lastdate1:26 June
Lastyear1:1926
Lastfor1:Kent
Lastagainst1:Northants
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:32
Runs1:465
Bat Avg1:12.56
100S/50S1:0/2
Top Score1:54
Deliveries1:927
Wickets1:22
Bowl Avg1:18.13
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/15
Catches/Stumpings1:20/–
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14688.html CricInfo
Date:30 October
Year:2017

Sidney George Hearn (28 July 1899 – 23 August 1963), known as Sid Hearn, was an English first-class cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1922 and 1926.[1] He was born in Harbledown, Kent, and died at Chartham, also in Kent in 1963 aged 64.[2]

Hearn played 32 first-class matches in his career, scoring 465 runs as a left-handed batsman and taking 22 wickets as a slow left arm bowler. He played 31 times for the Kent First XI and 45 times for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.[3]

Hearn's nephew Peter played for Kent between 1947 and 1956.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30115/30115.html Sid Hearn
  2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14688.html Sidney Hearn
  3. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, pp. 89–90. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/826611.html Hearn, Peter