{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Hal Hooker | image = Hal Hooker 1928 card.jpg | caption = Hooker on a 1928 cigarette card | country = Australia | fullname = John Edward Halford Hooker | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|03|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|02|12|1898|03|6|df=yes}} | death_place = Winmalee, New South Wales, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast medium | role = Bowler | club1 = New South Wales | year1 = {{nowrap|1924/25–1931/32}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 23 | runs1 = 421 | bat avg1 = 20.04 | 100s/50s1 = 0/3 | top score1 = 62 | deliveries1 = 5,857 | wickets1 = 87 | bowl avg1 = 28.50 | fivefor1 = 4 | tenfor1 = 1 | best bowling1 = 6/42 | catches/stumpings1 = 12/– | date = 8 January | year = 2008 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5912/5912.html CricketArchive }}

'''John Edward Halford '''"'''Hal'''"''' Hooker''' (6 March 1898 – 12 February 1982) was an Australian first class cricketer who played for New South Wales. A tall fast-medium bowler, he stood at 6 ft and was capable of swinging the ball both ways.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}

In 1928/29 he became the first player to take four wickets in successive balls in a Sheffield Shield match.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}

He is the holder of the world record 10th wicket stand in first class cricket, making 307 with Alan Kippax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149835.html |title=The ton quartet |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=25 May 2018}}</ref> Coming in at number 11, Hooker batted for almost five hours and made 62.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}

After retiring from cricket Hooker became a sports broadcaster. In 1946, he was reporting for the BBC Light Programme on the 1946–47 Ashes series.<ref>{{Citation | title = December 14, 7.0 a.m. Second Test Match at Sydney Cricket Ground | journal = Radio Times | pages = 31 | date = 6 December 1946 | quote = A ball-by-ball commentary, during the last hour of play, by former New South Wales cricketers Hal Hooker and Alan McGilvray.}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{Commonscat-inline|Hal Hooker}} * {{cricinfo|id=5694}}

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