Theodore Rathbone Hubback (17 December 1872 – 1942) was an English engineer, conservationist and author in what is now Malaysia. He was instrumental in the formation of the King George V National Park in 1938, now known as Taman Negara. A wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for Lancashire in 1892.

Life

He was the son of Joseph Hubback, a Liverpool merchant who was Lord Mayor of the city in 1870, and brother of

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. He studied at

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, and then went to Selangor where his brother was, in 1895. He worked as a civil engineer and contractor in Malaya. For a while he also worked as a rubber planter. He became known as a big game hunter, however he later became a conservationist and an author, writing on the wildlife of Alaska, Africa and Malaya. He discovered a Malayan species of gaur, ''Bos Gaurus Hubbacki'', which is named after him. Hubback lobbied the sultans of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan to set aside a piece of land that covers the three states for the creation of a protected area. The resulting national park, the King George V National Park named after the then reigning

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, was created in 1938/1939. It was later renamed Taman Negara or National Park in Malay after independence.

Career in cricket

After playing two matches for the Lancashire second XI in June 1892, he first played for the first XI against Durham on 8 July.Other matches played by Theodore Hubback
at CricketArchive He made his first-class debut for Liverpool and District against Yorkshire a few days later.First-class matches played by Theodore Hubback
at CricketArchive After playing four first-class matches for Lancashire in 1892, he bookended his first-class career with a second game for Liverpool and District against Yorkshire. He later settled in

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, where he played for the

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between 1897 and 1909.

References

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