Isaac Hodgson (15 November 1828 – 24 November 1867)
was an English
first-class cricketer, active 1847–66, who played for
Sheffield and
Yorkshire.
He also appeared for the North of England (1861-1864), Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861), United England Eleven (1863), the Players (1863) and England (1863-1865) as well as county-level below first-class for
Shropshire (on one match in 1866),
Northumberland and
Lincolnshire.
A slow left round-arm bowler, he took 174 first-class wickets at 15.80, with a best of seven for 23 against an All England XI. He also took six for 44 against
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
, six for 63 against
Cambridgeshire and five for 59 against the South of England. He took
five wickets in an innings
In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman.
Taki ...
nine times, and twice claimed
ten wickets in a match. A poor right-handed batsman, Hodgson scored 329 runs at 7.47, with a top score of 32 against the South of England.
"Yorkshire", said
Richard Daft
Richard Daft (2 November 1835 – 18 July 1900) was an English cricketer. He was one of the best batsmen of his day, the peak of his first-class career (which lasted from 1858 to 1891) being the 1860s and early 1870s.
Life and career
Born ...
some years after Hodgson's death, "has always been rich in bowlers, and one of the best was Ike Hodgson.
ilfredRhodes somewhat reminds me of him. Hodgson was perhaps a trifle faster, but he also used to bowl good slows with a break. He had a very good-natured grin, and I remember once that when at Bradford (August, 1864) he got me stumped by Ned Stephenson when I had made 80, he consoled me with a smile which was broad enough to put any man in a good humour."
[Quoted in Pullin, Alfred William: ''Talks with Old English Cricketers'' (W. Blackwood, 1900), p. 93.]
Hodgson was born in
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
,
Yorkshire,
England, where he died just past his 39th birthday. It is believed that there exists an epitaph on his Bradford gravestone:
:''Isaac Hodgson, rest his soul,''
:''Could never bat but always bowl.''
:''Through many years the tourists' skill''
:''Was subjugate to Ikey's will.''
:''They took their stance with vain defiance''
:''Against his subtle skill and science.''
:''Progenitor, great Almus Pater,''
:''Bowler divine, but batting hater.''
References
External links
Cricinfo Profile
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1828 births
1867 deaths
Yorkshire cricketers
English cricketers of 1826 to 1863
English cricketers of 1864 to 1889
Cricketers from Bradford
English cricketers
Players cricketers
North v South cricketers
Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees cricketers
Non-international England cricketers
United All-England Eleven cricketers