David Hoskin

David Craig Hoskin is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northern Districts from 1956 to 1965. He was President of New Zealand Cricket from 2000 to 2003.

Playing career

A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Hoskin was the first person to bowl for Northern Districts in first-class cricket. He opened the bowling in their first Plunket Shield match, against Auckland, on Boxing Day 1956. His best season was 1961-62, when he took 17 wickets at an average of 17.82, including his best figures of 7 for 33 against Wellington, when Northern Districts dismissed Wellington for 80 in the second innings. In 1962-63 he was a member of the first Northern Districts team to win the Plunket Shield. He took 5 for 71 against Auckland in the first match of the season.
Hoskin also played Hawke Cup cricket for Waikato from 1956 to 1966. He was a member of the Waikato team that took the title from Northland in 1956-57 when he took 5 for 33 and 5 for 55 in a 102-run victory, a few days before his first-class debut.

Administrative career

Hoskin has been involved in voluntary cricket administration since his schooldays at Hamilton High School, when he was the school delegate to the Hamilton Cricket Association. Since then he has been part of the Waikato Cricket Association, the Northern Districts Cricket Association and New Zealand Cricket. His administrative career culminated in a three-year term as President of New Zealand Cricket from 2000 to 2003.