Louis Hall
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Louis Hall Yorkshire |
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Batting style | Right-hand bat (RHB) | |
Bowling type | Right-arm slow (roundarm), Right-arm slow (underarm) | |
First-class record | ||
Matches | 315 | |
Runs scored | 11095 | |
Batting average | 23.06 | |
100s/50s | 12/42 | |
Top score | 160 | |
Balls bowled | 1839 | |
Wickets | 22 | |
Bowling average | 42.13 | |
5 wickets in innings | 0 | |
10 wickets in match | 0 | |
Best Bowling | 4-51 | |
Catches/Stumpings | 197/0 | |
First class debut: 22 May 1873 Last first class game: 21 June 1894 Source: [1] |
Louis Hall (born Batley, Yorkshire, 1 November 1852 - died Morecambe, Lancashire, 19 November 1915) was a cricket batsman from Yorkshire, England.
Hall made his debut in 1873 and came of age with an innings of 78 for a local Eighteen against the Australian XI in 1878. Thereafter, till 1892, he was a mainstay of Yorkshire.
With George Ulyett, he formed a successful opening partnership, the first of many such for Yorkshire. They had 11 opening stands of over 100 and against Sussex in 1885, they added 128 and 108 in the two innings. Against Middlesex in 1884, Hall scored 96 and 135. His finest season was 1887 when he scored 1544 at an average of 41, 1240 of them in first class matches.
Hall carried his bat seventeen times in first class cricket, a feat matched only by WG Grace and CJB Wood[citation needed]. He played for the Players against Gentlemen five times and captained Yorkshire a few times in the absence of the regular captain Lord Hawke.
Very defensive by nature, Hall was by no means an attractive batsman. His primary shot was the front foot defence. But in a side filled with stroke players, it was an acceptable and effective option.
He was awarded a benefit match against Surrey in 1890, but he deferred it so that the injured Billy Bates could have his that year. Hall's benefit match against the same team at Sheffield in 1891 earned him 570 pounds. After his active career, he served as a coach in Uppingham school.
[edit] References
- Wisden Cricketer of the year article
- Wisden obituary
[edit] External links
- Louis Hall at Cricinfo
- Louis Hall at Cricket Archive
- Profile at Cricket Archive