Raymond Hope

Raymond William "Punker" Hope (19 January 1904 – 24 June 1978) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1925 to 1934 and played for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.

Ray Hope
Personal information
Full nameRaymond William Hope
Born(1904-01-19)19 January 1904
Wanganui, New Zealand
Died24 June 1978(1978-06-24) (aged 74)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NicknamePunker
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928-29 to 1929-30Wellington
1933-34Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 68
Batting average 9.71
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 29
Balls bowled 1343
Wickets 16
Bowling average 49.31
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/61
Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 5 December 2014

A tall fast bowler, Ray Hope was selected in the New Zealand team to tour Australia in 1925-26 before he had played a first-class match. Several of the originally selected players had had to withdraw, and Hope was the final replacement chosen.[1] His senior cricket had been played for Manawatu. In Manawatu's match against the touring Victorians in 1924-25 he and Norman Gallichan had dismissed the Victorians for 191 to give Manawatu a 14-run first-innings lead.[2] In November 1925, a few days before the team to Australia was finalised, he took 5 for 3 in a club match in Palmerston North.[3]

Hope played in two of the four matches against Australian state teams on the tour, taking three wickets at an average of 84.00.[4] His next first-class matches were for Wellington, one match in 1928-29 and one in 1929-30, again for a total of three wickets.[5] He then played the full Plunket Shield season of three matches for Canterbury in 1933-34, taking three wickets in the first innings of each match, and finishing with 10 wickets at 38.20. In the later part of his career ill-health affected his stamina, and he was more effective in club games than at first-class level.[6]

He also played rugby for Manawatu.[7]

References

  1. Auckland Star, 19 November 1925, p. 14.
  2. Manawatu v Victorians 1924-25
  3. The Press, 19 November 1925, p. 10.
  4. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 69-72.
  5. Raymond Hope bowling by season
  6. "Cricket". Otago Daily Times: 4. 18 January 1934.
  7. The Press, 19 November 1925, p. 10.
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