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Hugh Massie
Personal information
Full name
Hugh Hamon Massie
Born(1855-04-11)11 April 1855[1]
Near Belfast, now Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
Died12 October 1938(1938-10-12) (aged 83)
Point Piper, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
RoleTop-order batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 28)31 December 1881 v England
Last Test24 February 1885 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1878–1888New 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 1855 – 12 October 1938) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia.[2]

Hugh Massie's Test career batting graph.

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.[3] With Alick 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.[4] They duly took the match to win by seven runs.

His son Jack Massie was a noted New South Wales cricketer in the 1910s.[5]

See also

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References

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