1891 Yorkshire Cricket Team ID needed.

[Megan Hodges]

Hi all,

I have been trying to send a photo of this cricketer  His name is Hunter and was a member of 1891 Yorkshire cricket team.  He bears an uncanny resemblance to my first cousin here in OZ, also a hunter.
other members of the team included Wardell, Jackson, Moorhouse, Hall, Tunnecliffe, Ulyett, Peel, Wainwright, Thorston & R Smith (capt.) Mr JR Wostenholme (Secretary) & Mr Turner (scorer)

If anybody can shed any light on this cricketer or team i would be extremely pleased. thanks for your help
meegs

[PaulineJ]

Good start here; http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/alpha.html?country=1;alpha=H

David hunter looks to be the best candidate.
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/15067.html


Pauline

[peterb]

I found these on Wikipedia after searching for YORKSHIRE CRICKETERS. They were brothers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hunter_%28cricketer%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hunter_%28cricketer%29

Hope this helps,

PeterB

[Megan Hodges]

thanks Pauline & PeterB, after reading the info on those two brothers i am perplexed.  Joe toured australia in 1884/5 and David didn't tour. so maybe the caption on the photo is incorrect i think i will have to contact mcc.
thanks again for you help.

meegan.

[jphall]

Hi
This is a picture of the Yorkshire Cricket side that should be of interest to you. My ancestor is Louis Hall holding ths bat

Best wishes

John Hall

[Megan Hodges]

Hi John
Thanks for the photo I'm afraid i can't see Hunter there however one of these will definitely be of interest to you.  Mr Hall has the bat again.
The chap i'm interested in is in back row folded arms with tie.

regards

meegan

[Simon Mounsey]

Hi Meegan

I came across your message when researching my own ancestor Joseph Thomas Mounsey who played in the same Yorkshire team as David Hunter.

I found a number of photos including those attached of David and a team picture from 1896 which includes both David and Joe.

The team picture was taken on the occasion of Yorkshire setting a record score of 887 all out in the county championship against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. David batted at 11 and got 5 not out; Joe unfortunately was 12th man!

I was interested to learn a little bit about David who was obviously a much respected wicket keeper. My son Tom Mounsey is a wicket keeper and is in Derbyshire's young academy. He also is involved in the Midlands U15s and trains with them at Edgbaston.

Kind regards

Simon Mounsey
Chesterfield

[Simon Mounsey]

Another Yorkshire team photo (1895) featuring David Hunter and Joe Mounsey.

[Geoff12]

I think that I may be able to assist about both David Hunter and his brother Joseph. 
 
If you are interested in the career details of these two players then I suggest that you go on the Yorkshire County Cricket Club website.  http://www.yorkshireccc.com/splash/index.html. 
 
Click on Membership, then archive seasons and then Yorkshire Cricket archive.  This will give you the opportunity to download a career summary, or a list of each brothers performances innings by innings, or a complete record of every game in which they played.
 
Secondly if you want a brief match report on each match in which the brothers played then order The History of Yorkshire County Cricket Club by Tony Woodhouse from the Library.  If you are interested in the traditions and history of Yorkshire Cricket then try the Official History of Yorkshire Cricket by Derek Hodgson.  This is a splendid book with many photograph’s and nice articles on Joseph and David Hunter as well as many of their contemporaries.  This book will give you a feel for Yorkshire Cricket and what we are like.  There are many books about the County team and its heroes from the past and present but the two I have mentioned are an excellent introduction. 
 
Lastly,  I picked up a reprint some years ago of a benefit brochure for David Hunter and if there is any way in which you can make contact with me with an address I will be pleased to copy this and forward it on.  This was originally published in 1907 contains information about David as a cricketer.  You may be interested to read that that he was also a keen clog dancer and enjoyed hunting with dogs.