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'''Reginald Hankey''' (3 November 1832 – 25 August 1886) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er, active from 1853 to 1860. |
'''Reginald Hankey''' (3 November 1832 – 25 August 1886) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er, active from 1853 to 1860.<ref name=CI>{{cite web |title=Reginald Hankey |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14507.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=16 May 2020}}</ref> |
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Born at [[Marylebone]], [[London]], |
Born at [[Marylebone]], [[London]], Hankey was educated at [[Harrow School]], where he captained the First XI in 1850, and at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name=CA/> He was a right-handed [[batsman]] and right-arm medium pace [[roundarm bowling|roundarm]] [[Bowler (cricket)|bowler]] who was mainly associated with [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]], [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) and [[Surrey county cricket teams|Surrey]], and made 18 known appearances in first-class matches.<ref name=CA>{{cite web |title=Reginald Hankey |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29935/29935.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=16 May 2020}}</ref> He played for the Gentlemen in the [[Gentlemen v Players]] series. He made his highest first-class score of 70 for the Gentlemen against the Players at [[Lord's]] in 1857, when he was the highest scorer on either side in a match the Players won by 13 runs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gentlemen v Players 1857 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1850S/1857/ENG_LOCAL/GENTLEMEN_PLAYERS_13-14JUL1857.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=16 May 2020}}</ref> |
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Hankey was renowned for the stylishness of his batting. His contemporary [[William Caffyn]] wrote: |
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His cousin [[Frederick Alers Hankey]] also played first-class cricket for MCC.{{cn|date=July 2018}} |
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<blockquote>If it were possible to see [[W. G. Grace|Dr Grace]] and Mr Hankey at the wickets together, each well set, and each unknown to the spectators, they would in all probability pronounce Mr Hankey the finer batsman of the pair. There was, in my opinion, no hit on the board which Mr Hankey was unable to make equally as well as Dr Grace or any one else; and so it was with many others of the old players.</blockquote> |
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Caffyn went on to say that Grace surpassed all others because he made fewer mistakes, "and would continue to occupy the wickets long after his companion had been compelled to retire to the pavilion".<ref>[[William Caffyn]], [https://archive.org/details/SeventyOneNotOut/page/n293/mode/2up/search/hankey ''Seventy-one Not Out''], Blackwood, Edinburgh & London, 1899, pp. 254–55.</ref> |
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Hankey was unable to play more than a few matches of first-class cricket owing to the requirements of his work in the family banking business.<ref>[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1886/410/index.html "Pavilion Gossip"], ''Cricket'', 2 September 1886, p 389.</ref> He died aged 53 in 1886 in [[Brighton]], [[Sussex]].<ref name=CI/> His cousin [[Frederick Hankey]] also played first-class cricket for MCC, and was later an [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick Hankey |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36945/36945.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=16 May 2020}}</ref> |
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Hankey died in 1886 in [[Brighton]], [[Sussex]].{{cn|date=July 2018}} |
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Latest revision as of 03:41, 8 November 2024
Reginald Hankey (3 November 1832 – 25 August 1886) was an English first-class cricketer, active from 1853 to 1860.[1]
Born at Marylebone, London, Hankey was educated at Harrow School, where he captained the First XI in 1850, and at Balliol College, Oxford.[2] He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with Oxford University, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Surrey, and made 18 known appearances in first-class matches.[2] He played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series. He made his highest first-class score of 70 for the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord's in 1857, when he was the highest scorer on either side in a match the Players won by 13 runs.[3]
Hankey was renowned for the stylishness of his batting. His contemporary William Caffyn wrote:
If it were possible to see Dr Grace and Mr Hankey at the wickets together, each well set, and each unknown to the spectators, they would in all probability pronounce Mr Hankey the finer batsman of the pair. There was, in my opinion, no hit on the board which Mr Hankey was unable to make equally as well as Dr Grace or any one else; and so it was with many others of the old players.
Caffyn went on to say that Grace surpassed all others because he made fewer mistakes, "and would continue to occupy the wickets long after his companion had been compelled to retire to the pavilion".[4]
Hankey was unable to play more than a few matches of first-class cricket owing to the requirements of his work in the family banking business.[5] He died aged 53 in 1886 in Brighton, Sussex.[1] His cousin Frederick Hankey also played first-class cricket for MCC, and was later an MP.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Reginald Hankey". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Reginald Hankey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Gentlemen v Players 1857". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ William Caffyn, Seventy-one Not Out, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London, 1899, pp. 254–55.
- ^ "Pavilion Gossip", Cricket, 2 September 1886, p 389.
- ^ "Frederick Hankey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-11 (1744-1870), Lillywhite, 1862-72
External links
[edit]- 1832 births
- 1886 deaths
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- 19th-century English sportsmen
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Gentlemen cricketers
- Surrey cricketers
- North v South cricketers
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- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
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