{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Hubert Ernest Kingston | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|8|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|6|9|1876|8|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Leg break | role = | family = Charles Kingston (brother)<br>Frederick Kingston (brother)<br>James Kingston (brother)<br>William Kingston (brother) | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1895–1906 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 13 | runs1 = 335 | bat avg1 = 15.95 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 68 | deliveries1 = 299 | wickets1 = 6 | bowl avg1 = 41.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/8 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/– | date = 21 October | year = 2012 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16051.html Cricinfo }}
'''Hubert Ernest Kingston''' (15 August 1876 – 9 June 1955) was an English cricketer. Kingston was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Northampton, Northamptonshire, and was educated at Blair Lodge School in Scotland.
Kingston made his debut for Northamptonshire against Staffordshire in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Northamptonshire for the next decade, making a total of 57 appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30794/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Hubert Kingston|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref> Having won the 1903 and 1904 Minor Counties Championship, Northamptonshire were granted first-class status for the 1905 season, allowing them to take part in the County Championship. He made his first-class debut in Northamptonshire's inaugural first-class fixture against Hampshire at the County Ground, Southampton. He made twelve further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came in the 1906 County Championship against Nottinghamshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30794/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Hubert Kingston|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref> In his thirteen first-class matches, he scored 335 runs at an average of 15.95, with a high score of 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30794/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hubert Kingston|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref> This score was his only half century and came on debut against Hampshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6686.html|title=Hampshire v Northamptonshire, 1905 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref> With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 41.00, with best figures of 2/8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30794/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Hubert Kingston|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref>
He died at Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, on 9 June 1955. His brothers, Charles, Frederick, James and William, all played first-class cricket.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16051.html Hubert Kingston] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30794/30794.html Hubert Kingston] at CricketArchive
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