Ken Hosking
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| Full name | John Kenneth Hosking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 1913 Camborne, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1999 Canterbury, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935/36 | Mysore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1938 | Cornwall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 January 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Kenneth Hosking (10 March 1913 – 1999[1]) was an English cricketer active in the 1930s. Hosking, whose batting and bowling styles are unknown, played in one first-class cricket match.
Hosking made his debut for Cornwall against the Kent Second XI in the 1932 Minor Counties Championship.[2] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Cornwall until 1934, after which he left England for the British Raj. While there he played a single first-class match for Mysore against Madras in the 1935–36 Ranji Trophy at the Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore.[3] He scored 30 runs in Mysore's first-innings, before being dismissed by Ram Singh, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by Morappakam Gopalan, with Madras winning the match by 109 runs.[4] Upon returning to England, Hosking played eight Minor Counties Championship matches for Cornwall in 1938.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ken Hosking profile". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ken Hosking". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Kenneth Hosking". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "Mysore v Madras, 1935/36 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- Ken Hosking at ESPNcricinfo
- Ken Hosking at CricketArchive