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	13 November 1881 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	27 October 1933 (aged 51) Auckland, New Zealand
Nickname	Chummy
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1904-05 to 1921-22	Auckland
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

• List of Auckland representative cricketers

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.

External links

• Lancelot Hemus at ESPNcricinfo