{{short description|Australian cricketer (1895-1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Hunter Hendry | image = StorkHendry.jpg | country = Australia | fullname = Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry | nickname = Stork | birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|5|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|12|16|1895|5|24|df=yes}} | death_place = Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia | heightm = 1.88 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = All-rounder | international = true | testdebutdate = 28 May | testdebutyear = 1921 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 116 | lasttestdate = 1 February | lasttestyear = 1929 | lasttestagainst = England | club1 = New South Wales | year1 = {{nowrap|1918/19–1923/24}} | club2 = Victoria | year2 = 1924/25–1932/33 | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 11 | runs1 = 335 | bat avg1 = 20.93 | 100s/50s1 = 1/0 | top score1 = 112 | deliveries1 = 1,706 | wickets1 = 16 | bowl avg1 = 40.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/36 | catches/stumpings1 = 10/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 140 | runs2 = 6,799 | bat avg2 = 37.56 | 100s/50s2 = 14/34 | top score2 = 325* | deliveries2 = 16,601 | wickets2 = 229 | bowl avg2 = 29.02 | fivefor2 = 6 | tenfor2 = 1 | best bowling2 = 8/33 | catches/stumpings2 = 152/– | date = 9 February | year = 2008 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/392/392.html CricketArchive }}
'''Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry''' (24 May 1895 – 16 December 1988) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales, Victoria and Australia.
Nicknamed "Stork", Hendry was a formidable batsman to whom bowlers found difficulty in delivering. He played in 11 Tests and 140 first-class matches between 1918–19 and 1935–36.<ref name=r1/>
At the time of his death, aged 93, he was the oldest surviving Test and Sheffield Shield cricketer.<ref name=r1/>
==See also== * List of Victoria first-class cricketers * List of New South Wales representative cricketers
==References== <references>
<ref name=r1>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/392/392.html Stork Hendry]. Cricket Archive</ref>
</references>
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Hunter Hendry}} *{{cricinfo|id=5637}}
{{s-start}} {{s-bef |before=Percy Fender}} {{s-ttl |title=Oldest living Test cricketer |years=15 June 1985 – 16 December 1988}} {{s-aft |after=Bill Ponsford}} {{s-end}}
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