Allan Hunter (cricketer)

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Allan Hunter

| image = A. A. Hunter of Nelson.jpg

| caption = Hunter in 1960

| country =

| fullname = Allan Arthur Hunter

| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|3|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nelson, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|8|31|1926|3|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Nelson, New Zealand

| nickname =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Central Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|1951/52–1956/57}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 16

| runs1 = 752

| bat avg1 = 27.85

| 100s/50s1 = 1/4

| top score1 = 108

| deliveries1 = 390

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 52.66

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/14

| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| date = 29 December

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37457.html Cricinfo

}}

Allan Arthur Hunter (6 March 1926 – 31 August 1982) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Central Districts from 1951 to 1956, and Hawke Cup cricket for Nelson from 1950 to 1955.

Hunter was educated at Nelson College in 1940 and 1941.{{cite book | chapter=Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005 | title=Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 | year=2006 | edition=6th | type=CD-ROM}} An opening batsman, he scored his only first-class century in his second match: 108 against Otago in 1951–52.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20068.html | title = Central Districts v Otago 1951-52| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 29 December 2017}} He also scored 105 for Central Districts in their two-day match against the touring South Africans in March 1953;{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/131/131656.html| title = Central Districts v South Africans 1952-53| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 30 December 2017}} he played, unsuccessfully, a week later in the trial match to help the New Zealand selectors choose the team for the tour of South Africa in 1953-54.

He opened the batting for Nelson in the Hawke Cup when they held the title in the early 1950s. He scored 198 in eight hours in the innings victory over Taranaki in December 1952.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123533.html | title = Nelson v Taranaki 1952-53| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 29 December 2017}} He was later Nelson's coach and sole selector.{{cite web |title=No 2: December 10, 1960 |url=https://photonews.org.nz/nelson/issue/NPN2_19601210/t1-body-d28.html |website=Nelson Photo News |access-date=22 August 2021}}