# Hubert Bassett > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hubert_Bassett > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hubert_Bassett.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Bassett > Source revision: 1350098808 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Hubert Bassett | birth_date = 5 October 1867 | birth_place = [Stanton St John](/source/Stanton_St_John), [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire), England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1943|6|13|1867|10|5}} | death_place = [Oxford](/source/Oxford), Oxfordshire, England | nickname = | family = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Left-arm [medium](/source/Seam_bowling) | role = | club1 = [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1888–1891 | club2 = [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1895–1906 | club3 = [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club) | year3 = 1908–1914 | columns = 1 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 21 | runs1 = 292 | bat avg1 = 8.84 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 54[*](/source/not_out) | deliveries1 = 4,589 | wickets1 = 78 | bowl avg1 = 22.07 | fivefor1 = 4 | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 6/50 | catches/stumpings1 = 15/– | date = 24 June | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9590.html Cricinfo }} '''Hubert Bassett''' (5 October 1867 – 13 June 1943) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Bassett was born at [Stanton St. John](/source/Stanton_St._John) in [South Oxfordshire](/source/South_Oxfordshire) in October 1867. He was educated in Oxford at the [Bedford House School](/source/Bedford_House_School), before going up to [St Catherine's College, Oxford](/source/St_Catherine's_College%2C_Oxford).{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228198.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1943 |date=2 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=2019-06-24}} While studying at Oxford he made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) against the touring [Australians](/source/Australia_national_cricket_team) at [Oxford](/source/University_Parks) in 1888.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27739/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Hubert Bassett |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-24 |url-access=subscription}} He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1891, making a total of 21 first-class appearances. His left-arm [medium](/source/Seam_bowling) bowling delivered him 78 wickets in his 21 matches, taken at an [average](/source/bowling_average) of 22.07, with best figures of 6 for 50.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27739/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Hubert Bassett |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-24 |url-access=subscription}} One of four [five wicket haul](/source/five_wicket_haul)s he took, his best figures came against [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1889.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3440.html |title=Oxford University v Lancashire, 1889 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-24 |url-access=subscription}} A useful lower-order batsman, Bassett scored 292 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 8.84, with a high score of 54 [not out](/source/not_out).{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27739/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hubert Bassett |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-24 |url-access=subscription}} His time playing for Oxford University coincided with a lean period for the team, winning only twice in his 32 appearances for the team (in both first-class and minor matches). Bassett later appeared in [minor counties cricket](/source/Minor_Counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) for [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire_County_Cricket_Club), playing for the county in the [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) between 1895–1906, making sixty appearances.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27739/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Hubert Bassett |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-24 |url-access=subscription}} He later played for [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club) in the Minor Counties Championship between 1908–14, making sixteen appearances. Outside of cricket, Bassett worked as a teacher. He died at [Oxford](/source/Oxford) in June 1943. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=9590}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bassett, Hubert}} Category:1867 births Category:1943 deaths Category:People from South Oxfordshire District Category:Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford Category:English cricketers Category:Oxford University cricketers Category:Schoolteachers from Oxfordshire Category:Oxfordshire cricketers Category:Suffolk cricketers Category:Cricketers from Oxfordshire Category:19th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hubert Bassett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Bassett) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Bassett?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.