John Hayhurst Hope (6 February 1841 – 12 November 1910) was an English-born

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er. He played four first-class matches for

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between the 1863–64 and 1866–67 seasons. Hope was born at

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and educated at

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.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 69. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played in the first four first-class matches played in New Zealand, all for Otago against

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. A

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, Hope scored a total of 84 runs and took 12 catches. In New Zealand he worked for the

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. He moved to Argentina in the late 1860s where he farmed cattle.''

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'', issue 4980, 2 February 1878, p. 2.
Available online
at Papers Past. Retrieved 18 July 2023.) He died in 1910 at the age of 69 at

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in Argentina.

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* 1841 births 1910 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Derbyshire {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1840s-stub