Hunter Hendry

Hunter Hendry
Personal information
Full name Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry
Born (1895-05-24)24 May 1895
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
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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.

Nicknamed "Stork", Hendry was a formidable batsman to whom bowlers found difficulty in delivering. He played in 11 Tests and 140 first-class matches between 1918–19 and 1935–36.

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

See also

Preceded by
Percy Fender		 Oldest living Test cricketer
15 June 1985 – 16 December 1988 		Succeeded by
Bill Ponsford


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