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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Martin Bladen Hawke | |||
| Born | 16 August 1860 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Died | 10 October 1938 (aged 78) Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 96) | 13 February 1896 v South Africa | |||
| Last Test | 4 April 1899 v South Africa | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1881 – 1911 | Yorkshire | |||
| 1882 – 1885 | Cambridge University | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 5 | 633 | ||
| Runs scored | 55 | 16,749 | ||
| Batting average | 7.85 | 20.15 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 13/69 | ||
| Top score | 30 | 166 | ||
| Balls bowled | 0 | 20 | ||
| Wickets | – | 0 | ||
| Bowling average | – | – | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | ||
| Best bowling | – | – | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 3/– | 209/– | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 11 November 2008 | ||||
- Lord Hawke redirects here. For other holders of the title, see Baron Hawke
Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (Gainsborough 16 August 1860 – 10 October 1938 in Edinburgh) was an English cricketer and administrator who, Wisden wrote:
- strode the cricketing world like a colossus for half a century, as a player and administrator, and one who played a major part in the modernisation of the game.
Martin Bladen Hawke was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1] He captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club for 28 seasons and played in five Test matches, four of which he captained (and all four of which were won).
Hawke was a national selector of the England cricket team for 10 years, and was named one of Wisden's "Cricketers of the Year" in 1909. During the First World War he was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club and a trustee between 1932 and 1938.
He famously said, at the Yorkshire Annual General Meeting in 1925: "Pray God, no professional shall ever captain England. I love and admire them all, but we have always had an amateur skipper[2] and when the day comes when we shall have no more amateurs captaining England it will be a thousand pities."[3]
He succeeded as 7th Baron Hawke in 1887 on the death of his father.
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References
- ^ Hawke, the Hon. Martin Bladen in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ He was not strictly correct in this.
- ^ The Cricket Captains of England, Alan Gibson, 1989, The Pavilion Library, ISBN 1-85145-390-3, p154.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Andrew Stoddart |
English national cricket captain 1895/6 |
Succeeded by WG Grace |
| Preceded by Andrew Stoddart |
English national cricket captain 1898/1899 |
Succeeded by Archie MacLaren |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Edward Hawke |
Baron Hawke | Succeeded by Edward Hawke |
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