Jesse Bollard Hide (13 March 1857 — 19 March 1924) was an English cricketer who played for Sussex between 1876 and 1893 and for South Australia from 1880 to 1883.

Jesse Hide
Personal information
Full name
Jesse Bollard Hide
Born(1857-03-12)12 March 1857
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died19 March 1924(1924-03-19) (aged 67)
Edinburgh, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RelationsArthur Hide (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1876–1893Sussex
1880/81–1882/83South Australia
FC debut12 June 1876 Sussex v Gloucestershire
Last FC10 August 1893 Sussex v Somerset
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 176
Runs scored 4,824
Batting average 15.92
100s/50s 4/13
Top score 173
Balls bowled 26,439
Wickets 441
Bowling average 21.70
5 wickets in innings 19
10 wickets in match 4
Best bowling 8/47
Catches/stumpings 112/–
Source: CricketArchive, February 2012

Hide was born in Eastbourne, Sussex. A right-handed batsman, accurate fast-medium bowler and good fieldsman, he made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1876 against Gloucestershire.

In 1878, on the recommendation of James Lillywhite,[1] who had captained England on their tour of Australia in 1876-77, Hide was appointed coach of the South Australian Cricket Association,[2] and spent five seasons in Adelaide, playing in all of South Australia's important matches. In his history of Australian cricket Johnny Moyes credits Hide with a leading part in the early development of South Australian cricket: "He arrived in 1878, stayed for three [sic] years at a salary of £200 a year, and laid the foundation on which the future glories of the State's cricket were built."[3] Hide also laid the pitch at the Adelaide Oval, discovering and bringing in the soil that made the pitch "equal to the best provided in any part of the world".[4]

Hide returned to England in 1883 and carried on playing for Sussex until 1893. He made over 4,400 runs and took over 400 wickets for Sussex. He played for a number of other teams including England XI, England, The Rest, the South, Players, Players of the South, Lord Sheffield's XI and Lord March's XI. Playing for Sussex against MCC at Lord's in May 1890 he took four wickets in four deliveries.[5] He was for some time employed by Lord Sheffield.[1]

Hide died in Edinburgh at the age of 67.

References

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  1. ^ a b The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 241.
  2. ^ "The Cricketing Association's Coach". Evening Journal: 2. 10 October 1878.
  3. ^ A. G. Moyes, Australian Cricket: A History, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959, p. 55.
  4. ^ "Famous Cricketers: Hide and Humphreys Dead". Chronicle: 57. 29 March 1924.
  5. ^ "MCC v Sussex 1890". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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