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Kinder Houghton Tucker (25 August 1875 – 24 November 1939) was a cricketer and administrator for Wellington. He played four times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.

Kinder Tucker

Personal information
Full name	Kinder Houghton Tucker
Born	(1875-08-25)25 August 1875 Nelson, New Zealand
Died	24 November 1939(1939-11-24) (aged 64) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Relations	Spencer Tucker (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1895-96 to 1919-20	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 40 Runs scored 1460 Batting average 22.81 100s/50s 0/9 Top score 86 Balls bowled 3144 Wickets 97 Bowling average 17.70 5 wickets in innings 7 10 wickets in match 2 Best bowling 7/31 Catches/stumpings 24/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 26 January 2017

Born in Nelson, New Zealand, he played 40 first-class cricket matches from 1896 to 1920 and, following his retirement, was the long-serving selector for Wellington.[1] He was the first player to score 10,000 runs in senior club and representative cricket in New Zealand.[2] He was the brother of Spencer Tucker and William Tucker.^{[citation needed]}

Tucker died in Wellington, New Zealand, where he worked as an engraver. He was survived by his wife and their daughter.[3]

Sources

• Whitehorn, Zane "George Orr", The Cricket Statistician, Autumn 2004, No. 127. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians: Nottingham.

References

External links

• Kinder Tucker at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Kinder Tucker at ESPNcricinfo

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