Ernest Hall (cricketer)

Ernest Hall (29 April 1851 – 3 March 1936) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicket-keeper and made his debut for Hampshire 1880 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. Hall represented Hampshire in eleven first-class matches between 1880 and 1885, with his final first-class match coming against Kent in the 1885 season, which was to be Hampshire's last season with first-class status until the 1895 County Championship. In Hall's eleven matches for Hampshire he scored 198 runs at an average of 10.42 and behind the stumps he took eleven catches and made two stumpings.

Ernest Hall
Personal information
Born(1851-04-29)29 April 1851
Newmarket, Suffolk, England
Died3 March 1936(1936-03-03) (aged 84)
Botley, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
RelationsPatrick Hall (Son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1880–1886Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 11
Runs scored 198
Batting average 10.42
100s/50s –/–
Top score 22
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 11/3
Source: Cricinfo, 9 January 2010

Hall played one further match for Hampshire, which came in 1886 against the Marylebone Cricket Club, with Hampshire being stripped of first-class status at the end of the previous year, it was a non first-class match.

Hall died in Botley, Hampshire on 3 March 1936.

Family

Hall's son Patrick Hall also represented Hampshire in first-class, as well as Oxford University.

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