# Hal Hooker

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{{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](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|02|12|1898|03|6|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Winmalee, New South Wales](/source/Winmalee%2C_New_South_Wales), Australia
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm fast medium
|                role = Bowler
|               club1 = [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_cricket_team)
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1924/25–1931/32}}
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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](/source/New_South_Wales_cricket_team). 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](/source/Sheffield_Shield) match.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}

He is the holder of the [world record 10th wicket stand](/source/Partnership_(cricket)) in first class cricket, making 307 with [Alan Kippax](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

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

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Category:1898 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:Australian cricketers
Category:New South Wales cricketers
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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