Alma Hunt
Died | 5 March 1999 Sandys, Bermuda | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1938 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 16 June 2020 |
Alma Victor Hunt
Career
Hunt started his career playing in his native Bermuda, and scored his first century in an organised game at the age of 10. Considered one of the finest cricketers Bermuda has ever produced, he was selected to take part in trials for the
The following year, he moved to
He moved back to Bermuda, and became heavily involved with administration of cricket on the island. He became President of the
He died in Bermuda 1999 and had asked for a piper to play a lament at his funeral to mark his connection to Scotland. In his obituary in the 2000 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, he was described as the best cricketer ever to emerge from Bermuda.
In March 2016, Neil Drysdale, a Scottish sports writer, included Hunt in a series of articles entitled "Heroes of Associate Cricket". His tribute included recollections from Hunt's daughter, Beverley Baldwin.
References
- ^ Ira Philip, Freedom Fighters (From Monk To Mazumbo). Akira Press, 1987, p. 150.
- ^ a b Martin-Jenkins, p. 55.
- ^ Philip, Freedom Fighters (1987), p. 152.
- ^ UK listing: "No. 47418". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1977. p. 19.
Sources
- Martin-Jenkins, C. (1983) The Cricketer Book of Cricket Disasters and Bizarre Records, Century Publishing: London. ISBN 07126 0191 0.