Ken Hough

{{short description|Australian sportsman}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ken Hough

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| fullname = Kenneth William Hough

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| position = Goalkeeper

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|10|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auburn, New South Wales, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|09|20|1928|10|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

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| years1 = | clubs1 = Gladesville-Ryde

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| years2 = | clubs2 = North Shore United| caps2 = | goals2 =

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| nationalyears1 = 1948 | nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1958 | nationalteam2 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0

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{{Infobox cricketer

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| international = true

| country = New Zealand

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 27 February

| testdebutyear = 1959

| testcap = 87

| lasttestdate = 14 March

| lasttestagainst = England

| lasttestyear = 1959

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 62

| bat avg1 = 62.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 31*

| deliveries1 = 462

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 29.16

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/79

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 28

| runs2 = 624

| bat avg2 = 16.42

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 91

| deliveries2 = 7,796

| wickets2 = 119

| bowl avg2 = 20.87

| fivefor2 = 6

| tenfor2 = 3

| best bowling2 = 7/43

| catches/stumpings2= 25/–

| date = 1 April

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37252.html Cricinfo

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Kenneth William Hough{{pronunciation needed|date=December 2024}} (24 October 1928 – 20 September 2009) was a cricketer and association football player who represented both New Zealand and Australia in football.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |title=Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 June 2018}} He also represented New Zealand in Test cricket.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/NewZealand/BlackCaps/Players/1/1103/1103.html|title=Ken Hough at Cricketarchive.com|publisher=CricketArchive.com|access-date=12 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106232251/http://www.cricketarchive.com/NewZealand/BlackCaps/Players/1/1103/1103.html|archive-date=6 January 2008|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |title=A-International Appearances – Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007054503/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |archive-date= 7 October 2008 }} Hough was born in Auburn, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. He died, aged 80, in Gladstone, Queensland.{{cite news|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/426032.html|title=Double international Ken Hough dies|date=22 September 2009|work=Cricinfo|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2009-09-22}}