Kenneth Hough
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Kenneth William Hough was a cricket
er and association football player who represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites. Hough was born in Auburn
, a suburb of Sydney
, Australia
. He died, aged 80, in Gladstone, Queensland
.
against England in 1958-9 and 28 first-class
matches for Northern Districts in his career. He was primarily a right-arm fast bowler whose finest performance was 12 for 146 against Central Districts. He was one of the New Zealand Cricket Almanac's two Players of the Year in 1959.
Hough made his full debut for New Zealand between the posts in a 2-3 loss to Australia on 16 August 1958. and made four more appearances over the following month, the last of his A-international caps being in in a 2-1 win over New Caledonia
on 14 September 1958.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and association football player who represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites. Hough was born in Auburn
Auburn, New South Wales
Auburn is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Auburn is located 19 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Auburn Council.-History:...
, a suburb of Sydney
Sydney
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, Australia
Australia
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. He died, aged 80, in Gladstone, Queensland
Gladstone, Queensland
- Education :Gladstone has several primary schools, three high schools, and one university campus, Central Queensland University. It is also home to CQIT Gladstone Campus.- Recreation :...
.
Cricket career
Hough played two TestsTest cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
against England in 1958-9 and 28 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches for Northern Districts in his career. He was primarily a right-arm fast bowler whose finest performance was 12 for 146 against Central Districts. He was one of the New Zealand Cricket Almanac's two Players of the Year in 1959.
Football career
Hough played four matches for the Australian national team in 1948, all against New Zealand.Hough made his full debut for New Zealand between the posts in a 2-3 loss to Australia on 16 August 1958. and made four more appearances over the following month, the last of his A-international caps being in in a 2-1 win over New Caledonia
New Caledonia national football team
The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. Although they were only admitted to FIFA in 2004, they have been participating in the OFC Nations Cup since its inception. They have been one of this relatively small...
on 14 September 1958.