Lancelot Hemus

Lancelot Hemus
Personal information
Full name Lancelot Gerald Hemus
Born (1881-11-13)13 November 1881
Auckland, New Zealand
Died 27 October 1933(1933-10-27) (aged 51)
Auckland, New Zealand
Nickname Chummy
Batting Right-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1904-05 to 1921-22 Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 46
Runs scored 2916
Batting average 36.00
100s/50s 8/10
Top score 148
Balls bowled 310
Wickets 3
Bowling average 92.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/4
Catches/stumpings 26/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 August 2018

Lancelot Gerald Hemus (13 November 1881 – 27 October 1933) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 46 first-class matches for Auckland between 1904 and 1922.[1]

An opening batsman, in 1907-08 Hemus scored the first century in the Plunket Shield when Auckland beat Canterbury to claim the Shield.[2] By his last season, 1921-22, when Auckland again won the Shield, he was the highest scorer in the competition's history.[3] When the cricket historian Tom Reese chose the best New Zealand team of all time in 1936, he named Hemus as one of the opening batsmen.

He died of pneumonia in 1933, leaving a widow, a son and three daughters.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lancelot Hemus". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Canterbury v Auckland 1907-08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Big cricket: Plunket Shield matches: Hemus' great record". Auckland Star: 2. 31 March 1922. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "L. G. Hemus: Cricketer dies". Auckland Star: 8. 27 October 1933. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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