lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling debutagainst country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
west indies balls 5636 23 may 1939 23 july 1897 1 21 / - 1897 -- 1900 26 november 1876 left-arm medium pace bowler lancashire england rotherham , england derbyshire 1 leftt-handed batsman joseph hancock joseph william hancock derbyshire old tupton , derbyshire , england first-class 10 may http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/29/29930/29930.html first-class 1906 459 1876 11 26 yes 94 scotland / 48 joseph hancock

joseph hancock

joseph william hancock -lrb- 26 november 1876 -- 23 may 1939 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played first class cricket for derbyshire from 1897 to 1900 and for scotland in 1906 hancock was born at old tupton , derbyshire , the son of alfted hancock , a coal miner , and his wife eliza .
hancock made his debut for derbyshire in the 1897 season aged 20 .
in may against lancashire he took 4 wickets at a cost of 140 runs .
he played regularly for the next three years .
in the 1898 season he achieved his best bowling performance with 5 for 61 against yorkshire .
the 1899 season was hancock 's best for batting , when his average reached 11.43 and he scored 43 not out against hampshire .
hancock left derbyshire in 1900 after playing three matches in the 1900 season , but turned out for scotland in 1906 against the west indies .
hancock was a left-arm medium pace bowler and took 94 first class wickets at an average of 29.73 and a best performance of 5 for 61 .
he was a left-hand batsman and played 77 innings in 48 first class matches with an average of 7.91 and a top score of 43 not out .
hancock died at clifton , rotherham , yorkshire , at the age of 62 .
