Hunter Hendry

Hunter Hendry
Personal information
Full name Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry
Born 24 May 1895(1895-05-24)
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Died 16 December 1988(1988-12-16) (aged 93)
Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname Stork
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Righ-arm medium fast
Role All-rounder
Test debut (cap 116) 28 May 1921 v England
Last Test 1 February 1929 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1918–1924 New South Wales
1924–1934 Victoria
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC
Matches 11 140
Runs scored 335 6799
Batting average 20.93 37.56
100s/50s 1/0 14/34
Top score 112 325*
Balls bowled 1706 16601
Wickets 16 229
Bowling average 40.00 29.02
5 wickets in innings 0 6
10 wickets in match 0 1
Best bowling 3/36 8/33
Catches/stumpings 10/0 152/0
Source: [CricketArchive], 9 February 2008

Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry (24 May 1895 — 16 December 1988) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales, Victoria and Australia national cricket team.

Nicknamed Stork, he was a formidable batsman who bowlers found difficulty in delivering to. He played in 11 Tests and 140 first-class matches between 1918/19 and 1932/33.

At the time of his death, aged 93, he was the oldest surviving Test and Sheffield Shield cricketer.

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Preceded by
Percy Fender
Oldest Living Test Cricketer
15 June 1985 - 16 December 1988
Succeeded by
Bill Ponsford