Hugh Massie

Hugh Massie
Personal information
Full name Hugh Hamon Massie
Born (1854-04-11)11 April 1854
Near Belfast, now Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
Died 12 October 1938(1938-10-12) (aged 84)
Point Piper, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style
Role Top-order batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1878–1888 New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC
Matches 9 64
Runs scored 249 2485
Batting average 15.56 23.00
100s/50s 0/1 1/13
Top score 55 206
Balls bowled 0 126
Wickets 0 2
Bowling average n/a 30.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling n/a 2/39
Catches/stumpings 5/0 35/0
Source: CricketArchive, 14 April 2008

Hugh Hamon Massie (11 April 1854 – 12 October 1938) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia.[1]

Massie's role in the 1882 Ashes Test at The Oval was almost as pivotal in deciding the result as Fred Spofforth's celebrated performance with the ball.[2] With Charles Bannerman as his opening partner, the hard-hitting Massie scored 55 in 57 minutes from just sixty deliveries, with nine fours, to give the Australians a chance.[3] They duly took the match to win by seven runs.

His son Robert John 'Jack' Allwright Massie was also a noted New South Wales cricketer.[4]

Hugh Massie's Test career batting graph.

References

  1. "Hugh Massie". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  2. "Classic Ashes clashes – 1882, The Oval". BBC. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  3. "Kennington Oval on 28th, 29th August 1882 (3-day match)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  4. "Jack Massie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
Preceded by
Tom Horan
Australian Test cricket captains
1884-5
Succeeded by
Jack Blackham
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