Lancelot Gerald Hemus (13 November 1881 – 27 October 1933) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 46 first-class matches for Auckland between 1904 and 1922.[1]
![]() L. G. Hemus in 1907 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Lancelot Gerald Hemus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1881-11-13)13 November 1881 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 October 1933(1933-10-27) (aged 51) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Chummy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1904-05 to 1921-22 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2018 |
An opening batsman, in 1907-08 Hemus scored the first century in the Plunket Shield when Auckland beat Canterbury to claim the Shield.[2] By his last season, 1921–22, when Auckland again won the Shield, he was the highest scorer in the competition's history.[3] When the cricket historian Tom Reese chose the best New Zealand team of all time in 1936, he named Hemus as one of the opening batsmen.[4]
He died of pneumonia in 1933, leaving a widow, a son and three daughters.[5]
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