English cricketer
Ken Hosking
Full name John Kenneth Hosking
Born (1913-03-10 ) 10 March 1913Camborne , Cornwall, EnglandDied 1999Canterbury , Kent, England Batting Unknown
Years Team 1935/36 Mysore 1932–1938 Cornwall
John Kenneth Hosking (10 March 1913 – 1999[ 1] ) was an English cricketer active in the 1930s. Hosking, whose batting and bowling styles are unknown, played in one first-class cricket match.
Hosking made his debut for Cornwall against the Kent Second XI in the 1932 Minor Counties Championship .[ 2] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Cornwall until 1934, after which he left England for the British Raj . While there he played a single first-class match for Mysore against Madras in the 1935–36 Ranji Trophy at the Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore .[ 3] He scored 30 runs in Mysore's first-innings, before being dismissed by Ram Singh , while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by Morappakam Gopalan , with Madras winning the match by 109 runs.[ 4] Upon returning to England, Hosking played eight Minor Counties Championship matches for Cornwall in 1938.[ 2]
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