Isaac Hodgson (15 November 1828 – 24 November 1867) was an English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er, active 1847–66, who played for

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and

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

. He also appeared for the North of England (1861–1864), Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861), United England Eleven (1863), the Players (1863) and England (1863–1865) as well as county-level below first-class for

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(on one match in 1866),

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and

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. A slow left round-arm bowler, he took 174 first-class wickets at 15.80, with a best of seven for 23 against an All England XI. He also took six for 44 against

Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...

, six for 63 against

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and five for 59 against the South of England. He took

five wickets in an innings In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batter. Taking ...

nine times, and twice claimed

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. A poor right-handed batsman, Hodgson scored 329 runs at 7.47, with a top score of 32 against the South of England. "Yorkshire", said

Richard Daft Richard Daft (2 November 1835 – 18 July 1900) was an English cricketer. He was one of the best batsmen of his day, the peak of his first-class career (which lasted from 1858 to 1891) being the 1860s and early 1870s. Life and career Born ...

some years after Hodgson's death, "has always been rich in bowlers, and one of the best was Ike Hodgson. ilfredRhodes somewhat reminds me of him. Hodgson was perhaps a trifle faster, but he also used to bowl good slows with a break. He had a very good-natured grin, and I remember once that when at Bradford (August 1864) he got me stumped by Ned Stephenson when I had made 80, he consoled me with a smile which was broad enough to put any man in a good humour."Quoted in Pullin, Alfred William: ''Talks with Old English Cricketers'' (W. Blackwood, 1900), p. 93. Hodgson was born in

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

, England, where he died just past his 39th birthday. It is believed that there exists an epitaph on his Bradford gravestone: :''Isaac Hodgson, rest his soul,'' :''Could never bat but always bowl.'' :''Through many years the tourists' skill'' :''Was subjugate to Ikey's will.'' :''They took their stance with vain defiance'' :''Against his subtle skill and science.'' :''Progenitor, great Almus Pater,'' :''Bowler divine, but batting hater.''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Isaac 1828 births 1867 deaths Yorkshire cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 Cricketers from Bradford English cricketers Players cricketers North v South cricketers Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees cricketers Non-international England cricketers United All-England Eleven cricketers