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Full name Christopher Maitland Howard Hathorn
Born April 7, 1878, Pietermaritzberg, Natal
Died May 17, 1920, Parktown West, Johannesburg, Transvaal (aged 42 years 40 days)
Major teams South Africa,London County,Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
12
20
1
325
102
17.10
1
0
0
5
0
First-class
87
142
9
3541
239
26.62
9
27
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
87
75
52
1
1/16
52.00
4.16
75.0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Oct 11-14, 1902 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Jan 7-13, 1911 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1897/98 - 1910/11
Profile
Wisden obituary
Maitland Hathorn, who was born at Pietermaritzburg on April 7, 1878, died in Johannesburg on May 17. At his best he was a good and sound batsman and during his first two visits to this country was very successful. During his three tours he batted as follows in all matches:--
Year.
Innings.
Not out.
Most.
Total.
Average.
1901
39
3
239
1261
35.02
1904
38
2
139
1339
37.19
1907
40
4
117
584
16.22
It was on the recommendation of Lohmann that he was included in the 1901 team, for which he scored 103 on his first appearance and headed the averages. His hundreds in great matches were as follows:--
Score.
Year.
103
South Africans v. Hampshire, at Southampton
1901
239
South Africans v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge
1901
139
South Africans v. Sussex, at Brighton
1904
130
South Africans v. London County, at the Crystal Palace
1904
128
South Africans v. Leicestershire, at Leicester
1904
102
South Africans v. England, at Johannesburg
1905-6
117
South Africans v. Warwickshire, at Edgbaston
1907
His other averages in leading cricket were:--
Innings
Not out.
Most.
Total.
Average.
Currie Cup
13
0
91
303
23.30
Tests v. England
12
1
102
188
17.09
Tests v. Australia
8
0
45
137
17.12
Owing to ill-health, he did practically nothing during his trip to Australia in 1910-11.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
