Hoskings was born in Sydney, New South Wales, one of six children and the younger of two boys of Emily (née Barrett) and William Henry Hoskings. The first child of the family and his only brother was the architect Archer Hoskings. His early education was at Burwood Public School. In 1885 he commenced his senior education at Newington College aged 13 in Form One. At the time his family lived in Middleton Street, Stanmore, immediately behind the college grounds and he was a day boy.[2]
Newington College in the 1890s. The substantial Victorian style homes behind the school are in Middleton Street where the Hoskings family lived when Hoskings was a student.
Hoskings appears in the cricket pages of the school magazine, The Newingtonian and is reported to have played in a number of matches.[3] He moves to Perth when his brother moves there from London to practice as an architect.
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Hoskings was a right-handed batsman. He played one first-class match for Western Australia in April 1899, top-scoring in each innings with 26 and 53.[4] He later settled in the US, and played a cricket match for New York City in 1912 against Ireland. The following year he played his second, and final, first-class match, this time for a combined Canada/USA team against his native Australia. In the 1912 season, playing for the New York Veterans Cricket Club, he scored more than 1000 runs and took more than 100 wickets.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Arthur Hoskings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Sydney, 1999) pp 93
^Newington College (1884), The Newingtonian, Newington College, retrieved 9 December 2020
^"Western Australia v South Australia 1898-99". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^"Overseas Cricket", Cricket, 28 September 1912, p. 539.
arthur, hoskings, arthur, alec, hoskings, 1872, february, 1945, australian, born, cricketer, personal, informationfull, namearthur, alec, hoskingsborn1872sydney, south, wales, australiadied16, february, 1945, aged, queens, york, city, usabattingright, handeddo. Arthur Alec Hoskings 1872 16 February 1945 1 was an Australian born cricketer Arthur HoskingsPersonal informationFull nameArthur Alec HoskingsBorn1872Sydney New South Wales AustraliaDied16 February 1945 aged 72 73 Queens New York City USABattingRight handedDomestic team informationYearsTeam1898 99Western AustraliaCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 2Runs scored 94Batting average 31 33100s 50s 0 1Top score 53Balls bowled 144Wickets 1Bowling average 77 005 wickets in innings 010 wickets in match 0Best bowling 1 32Catches stumpings 0 Source CricketArchive 22 January 2011 Contents 1 Early life 2 Cricket career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life editHoskings was born in Sydney New South Wales one of six children and the younger of two boys of Emily nee Barrett and William Henry Hoskings The first child of the family and his only brother was the architect Archer Hoskings His early education was at Burwood Public School In 1885 he commenced his senior education at Newington College aged 13 in Form One At the time his family lived in Middleton Street Stanmore immediately behind the college grounds and he was a day boy 2 nbsp Newington College in the 1890s The substantial Victorian style homes behind the school are in Middleton Street where the Hoskings family lived when Hoskings was a student Hoskings appears in the cricket pages of the school magazine The Newingtonian and is reported to have played in a number of matches 3 He moves to Perth when his brother moves there from London to practice as an architect Cricket career editHoskings was a right handed batsman He played one first class match for Western Australia in April 1899 top scoring in each innings with 26 and 53 4 He later settled in the US and played a cricket match for New York City in 1912 against Ireland The following year he played his second and final first class match this time for a combined Canada USA team against his native Australia In the 1912 season playing for the New York Veterans Cricket Club he scored more than 1000 runs and took more than 100 wickets 5 References edit Arthur Hoskings CricketArchive Retrieved 4 August 2020 Newington College Register of Past Students 1863 1998 Sydney 1999 pp 93 Newington College 1884 The Newingtonian Newington College retrieved 9 December 2020 Western Australia v South Australia 1898 99 CricketArchive Retrieved 4 August 2020 Overseas Cricket Cricket 28 September 1912 p 539 External links editArthur Hoskings at ESPNcricinfo nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Australian cricket person born in the 1870s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to American cricket is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur Hoskings amp oldid 1146418400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
