Victor Hugo (cricketer)

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Victor Hugo

| image = Victor Hugo.png

| caption =

| country = Australia

| fullname =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|11|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|4|8|1877|11|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Malvern, Adelaide, South Australia

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-pace

| family =

| club1 = South Australia

| year1 = 1897-98 to 1899-1900

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 9

| runs1 = 81

| bat avg1 = 6.23

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 25

| deliveries1 = 1347

| wickets1 = 23

| bowl avg1 = 25.17

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/69

| catches/stumpings1 = 8/0

| date = 1 August 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5891.html Cricinfo

}}

Victor Hugo (25 November 1877 – 8 April 1930) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1898 to 1900. He was related to the French writer of the same name.{{cite news | work= News | date=8 April 1930 | page=9 | title= Death of Mr. V. Hugo| url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128982544}}

Victor Hugo was born in Adelaide at the Bushman's Club, of which his father William was one of the founders. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and at the Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy, where he excelled at bookkeeping.{{cite news | work= Chronicle | date=10 April 1930 | page=19 | title= Mr. Victor Hugo| url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128982544}}{{cite journal |title=Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy |journal=Advertiser |date=21 December 1895 |page=6 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/34532534}}

A right-arm medium-pace bowler, his best figures for South Australia were 4 for 69 against Western Australia in 1898-99.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5141.html | title = Western Australia v South Australia 1898-99| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =2 August 2019}}

He worked for the South Australian Produce Department for 25 years until his death. He left a widow, a son (also called Victor) and a daughter.