Arthur Hoskings

Arthur Hoskings
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Alec Hoskings
Born	1872; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 February 1945 (aged 72–73); Queens, New York City, United States of America
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
1898/99	Western Australia
Career statistics
Matches	2
Runs scored	94
Batting average	31.33
100s/50s	–/1
Top score	53
Balls bowled	144
Wickets	1
Bowling average	77.00
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	1/32
Catches/stumpings	–/–
	Source: CricketArchive, 22 January 2011

Arthur Alec Hoskings (1872 – 16 February 1945)^[1] was an Australian-born Australian and American cricketer.

Early life[]

Hoskings was born in Sydney, New South Wales, one of six children and the younger of two boys of Emily (née Barrett) and William Henry Hoskings. The first child of the family and his only brother was the architect . His early education was at Burwood Public School. In 1885 he commenced his senior education at Newington College aged 13 in Form One. At the time his family lived in Middleton Street, Stanmore, immediately behind the college grounds and he was a day boy.^[2]

Newington College in the 1890s. The substantial Victorian style homes behind the school are in Middleton Street where the Hoskings family lived when Hoskings was a student.

Hoskings appears in the cricket pages of the school magazine, The Newingtonian. He is reported in a match versus Verona CC on 21 Nov 1885, where he was out for a duck. In a Day Boys v Boarders match on 2 Feb 1886 he was a successful bowler for the Day Boys taking 4 wickets for 3 but in batting he scored only 1 run. In a Day Boys v Boarders match on 20 Sep 1886 and batting for the Day Boys he was out for a duck. He was not at Newington long enough to reach the senior team. The Old Newingtonians' Cricket Club's 1890/91 season is reported in detail in the March 1891 issue of the magazine. Hoskings appears in three matches in October and November 1890, scoring 9, 50 and 25 runs respectively. He isn't reported as playing for the Old Boys team after that time.^[3] He moves to Perth when his brother moves there from London to practice as an architect.

Cricket career[]

Hoskings was a right-handed batsman. He played one first-class match for Western Australia in April 1899, top-scoring in each innings with 26 and 53.^[4] He later settled in the US, and played a cricket match for New York City in 1912 against Ireland. The following year he played his second, and final, first-class match, this time for a combined Canada/USA team against his native Australia. In the 1912 season, playing for the New York Veterans Cricket Club, he scored more than 1000 runs and took more than 100 wickets.^[5]

References[]

^ "Arthur Hoskings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Sydney, 1999) pp 93
^ Newington College (1884), The Newingtonian, Newington College, retrieved 9 December 2020
^ "Western Australia v South Australia 1898-99". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Overseas Cricket", Cricket, 28 September 1912, p. 539.