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Richard Neville Hoskin (born 18 October 1959, Invercargill, New Zealand) is a former first-class cricketer who played for Otago from 1980 to 1993. Since his retirement from the game he has worked as a sports administrator and businessman. ==Playing career== A right-handed batsman who usually batted at number three or four, Richard Hoskin played his first match for Southland in the sub-first-class Hawke Cup in 1977-78. At the age of 19 he was appointed to captain the team in 1978-79. He made his first-class debut for Otago in 1980-81, and remained a fixture in the side until his retirement after the 1992-93 season. In his fourth match, against Northern Districts, he scored 57 (Otago's top score), and his first century, 117 (out of a team total of 196 for 8).〔(Northern Districts v Otago 1980-81 )〕 He toured Zimbabwe with a Young New Zealand team in 1984-85 but played in only one of the four matches.〔(Young New Zealand in Zimbabwe 1984-85 batting )〕 It was his only first-class match for a team other than Otago. His most successful seasons were 1985-86 and 1987-88,〔(Richard Hoskin batting by season )〕 when in each case Otago won the Shell Trophy. In 1985-86 he scored 401 runs at an average of 40.10, with a highest score of 111 off 133 balls against Central Districts when Otago successfully chased 342 for victory in 70 overs.〔(Otago v Central Districts 1985-86 )〕 In 1987-88 he made 599 runs at 49.91, including three centuries – 101 against Auckland,〔(Otago v Auckland 1987-88 )〕 157 against Northern Districts,〔(Northern Districts v Otago 1987-88 )〕 and 105 against Wellington〔(Wellington v Otago 1987-88 )〕 – to lead Otago's batting aggregates.〔(Otago batting, Shell trophy 1987-88 )〕 He continued to play for Southland in the Hawke Cup, captaining them during their reign as title-holders from 1989 to 1992, and playing 37 matches in all from 1977 to 1996.〔(Miscellaneous matches played by Richard Hoskin )〕 When a Hawke Cup "team of the century" was selected to mark the centenary of the competition in 2011, he was one of the 11 players chosen.〔(Hawke Cup Centennial cricket team named ) Retrieved 6 May 2014.〕 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「Richard Hoskin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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