Alec Hearne
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| Full name | Alec Hearne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 July 1863 Ealing, Middlesex |
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| Died | 16 May 1952 (aged 88) Beckenham, Kent |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm slow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 76) | 19 March 1892 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1884–1906 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alec Hearne (22 July 1863 – 16 May 1952) was a member of the famous cricketing Hearne family. He played as a professional for Kent County Cricket Club between 1884 and 1906 and made one Test match appearance for England. He was an all-rounder who was named as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1894. His brothers George and Frank also played Test cricket, as did his cousin, John Thomas Hearne.
Hearne was born on 22 July 1863 in Ealing in what was then Middlesex. His father, George Hearne, had played for Middlesex and became the groundsman at Kent's Private Banks Sports Ground ground in Catford. His older brothers, George and Frank, both also played for Kent.
Hearne made his debut for Kent in 1884 as a leg-break bowler. He headed the County's bowling averages, taking 41 wickets in a generally dry summer, and playing a crucial role Kent's defeat of the touring Australian side with match figures of seven wickets for 66 runs. He enjoyed a good record against Australian touring sides, with Kent winning five of the seven tour matches played against Australia between 1884 and 1899, and critics were surprised he was not chosen to play for England against Australia at some point during his career.
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