Lancelot Hemus

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]

Lancelot Hemus
L. G. Hemus in 1907
Personal information
Full name
Lancelot Gerald Hemus
Born(1881-11-13)13 November 1881
Auckland, New Zealand
Died27 October 1933(1933-10-27) (aged 51)
Auckland, New Zealand
NicknameChummy
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1904-05 to 1921-22Auckland
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: Cricinfo, 22 August 2018

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.[4]

He died of pneumonia in 1933, leaving a widow, a son and three daughters.[5]

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. "The Best N.Z. Eleven". Press: 17. 3 April 1937.
  5. "L. G. Hemus: Cricketer dies". Auckland Star: 8. 27 October 1933. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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