George Hooker

Cricket Player

1836 –

66

Who is George Hooker?

George Spencer Hooker was an English cricketer. Hooker's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at East Grinstead, Sussex.

Hodson made his first-class debut for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1857. He made three further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in 1859. In his four first-class matches for Sussex, he took 15 wickets at an average of 9.66, with best figures of 5/32. These figures came on debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club, in which he took 10 of his 15 career wickets. He 5/32 in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings, while in their second-innings he took 5/33, finishing with match figures of 10/65. With the bat, he scored a total of 35 runs at an batting average of 11.66, with a high score of 17.

He died at Tunbridge Wells, Kent at some point in 1877.

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Born
May 30, 1836
East Grinstead
Nationality
  • England

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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