John Hope (cricketer, born 1841)

John Hope

Personal information
Full name	John Hayhurst Hope
Born	(1841-02-06)6 February 1841 Little Eaton, Derbyshire, England
Died	12 November 1910(1910-11-12) (aged 69) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1863/64–1866/67	Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 May 2016

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]

References

1. "John Hope". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "John Hope". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
3. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 69. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (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.)

External links

• John Hope at ESPNcricinfo