Maitland Hathorn

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.
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