We are sorry to belatedly have to report the death of Nick Hunter (1&4 South 1957) on March 24th at the age of 87 .<\/p>\n
Nick was a fast bowler who played for the 1st XI for three years. The Cranleighan said he \u201cbowls both the our and inswinger, but his best ball is that which moves off the seam\u201d. In his last two seasons in the XI he took 64 wickets at 17.28 despite a heavy workload which saw him average over 20 over per innings. On the advice of Nigel Paul he had a trial with Warwickshire. \u201cI once flattered myself that I could make it in professional cricket,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cBig, long, thin. And I was a bowler. So no chance, really. I wasn\u2019t good enough either.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the re-formation of the OCC by Paul in 1958 Hunter was a ever present for two seasons, bowling the first ball in the restored Cricket Week, before his work with the BBC started to take up more time. In 42 appearances for the OCCC between 1958 and 1965 he took 133 wickets at 14.08.<\/p>\n
In an outstanding career as an acclaimed TV producer his for BBC Sport included the world snooker championship when it was at its zenith in the 1980s, and the early days of cricket\u2019s Sunday League. He also came up with the idea for the long-running BBC quiz show A Question of Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n A full obituary will appear in the OC Magazine<\/em> later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are sorry to belatedly have to report the death of Nick Hunter (1&4 South 1957) on March 24th at the age of 87 […]<\/p>\n