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Hugh Butler Lusk (12 January 1866 – 26 February 1944) was a New Zealand cricketer and lawyer. After attending Auckland Grammar School, Lusk studied law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1890.〔''Auckland Star'', 28 February 1944, p. 5.〕 He made his first-class cricket debut for Auckland in 1889-90, playing five matches as a middle-order batsman and opening bowler. He had little success with the bat, but took eight wickets in two matches against the touring New South Wales team, including figures of 5 for 35 in the first match.〔(Auckland v New South Wales 1889-90 )〕 He moved to Napier, and began playing for Hawke's Bay in 1891-92. In his first match he top-scored with 62 in an innings victory over Taranaki.〔(Taranaki v Hawke's Bay 1891-92 )〕 He was selected for North Island against New South Wales in 1893-94, second-top-scoring in each innings with 39 and 21. Now captaining Hawke's Bay, he played a leading part in the match against Wellington in 1895-96, making 14 and 41 and taking 4 for 18 and 7 for 53.〔(Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1895-96 )〕 He made his debut for New Zealand in 1896-97, making 59 and 23 in a victory over Queensland.〔(New Zealand v Queensland 1896-97 )〕 He was the only Hawke's Bay player to represent New Zealand during Hawke's Bay's period as a first-class side (1884 to 1921).〔Greg Ryan, "Where the Game Was Played by Decent Chaps", PhD thesis, University of Canterbury, 1996, pp. 247.〕 With 250 runs at an average of 31.25, he was the highest-scoring New Zealand batsman of the season.〔(1896-97 batting by average )〕 In the first match the next season Lusk scored his and Hawke's Bay's first century, 119 in a loss to Canterbury.〔(Hawke's Bay v Canterbury 1897-98 )〕 It was the highest score of the season, and again he topped the national run tally, this time with 280 runs at 40.00.〔(1897-98 batting by average )〕 He went on New Zealand's short tour of Australia in 1898-99, but had little success in the two first-class games. In 1900-01 he scored his second century, 120, when he led Hawke's Bay to an innings victory over Auckland.〔(Hawke's Bay v Auckland 1900-01 )〕 He played for New Zealand against Lord Hawke's XI in 1902-03. He scored his third and final century against Wellington in 1907-08.〔(Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1907-08 )〕 He played his last first-class match, still as captain of Hawke's Bay, in 1909, just before his 43rd birthday. In all 28 first-class matches for Hawke's Bay he scored 1395 runs at 28.46.〔(Hugh Lusk batting for each team )〕 His wife was a niece of W. G. Grace.〔Dan Reese, ''Was It All Cricket?'', George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, p. 190.〕 Lusk became Crown Solicitor for Hawke's Bay in 1902, succeeding another cricketer, Arthur Cotterill.〔''Bush Advocate'', 5 September 1902, p. 2.〕 He retained the position until his death.〔''New Zealand Herald'', 28 February 1944, p. 1.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh Lusk (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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