John Hodgkins (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = John Seymour Hodgkins

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| birth_date = 2 January 1916

| birth_place = West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|8|16|1916|1|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1938–1951

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 106

| bat avg1 = 21.20

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 44

| deliveries1 = 348

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 79.33

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/55

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 3 May

| year = 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14870.html Cricinfo

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John Seymour Hodgkins (2 January 1916 – 16 August 1988) was an English cricketer active in the late 1930s, mid 1940s and early 1950s. Born at West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, Hodgkins was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.

Hodgkins made his debut in first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire against Lancashire in the 1938 County Championship,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30295/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Hodgkins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 May 2014}} having been called up to replace the injured Arthur Jepson.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228610.html|title=Obituaries in 1988|date=5 December 2005 |publisher=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|accessdate=3 May 2014}} He was excluded from service in World War II due a hearing impediment, which allowed him to play wartime county cricket. His next appearance in first-class cricket came after the war in 1946 against Surrey, before playing a third and final first-class match against Yorkshire in the 1951 County Championship, a match which also served as Jepson's benefit match, one which Hodgkins played in by way of an invite. He scored 109 runs in his three matches, top-scoring with 44,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30295/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Hodgkins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 May 2014}} while with the ball he took three wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30295/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Hodgkins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 May 2014}}

He died at Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire on 16 August 1988.