David Hookes

David Hookes (May 3, 1955 - January 19, 2004) was an Australian cricketer and Victorian cricket coach.

He made his debut in state cricket in early 1977, playing for South Australia. He struck five centuries from six innings, becoming one of countless players to strike a century in each innings of a first-class match.

Following this performance, at the age of 21, he was selected to play in the Centenary Test between Australia and England. Players in those days were never paid enough, and it has been reported that Hookes walked out to bat wearing Dunlop Volley tennis shoes. During Australia's second innings he made a score of 56, including hitting English bowler Tony Greig for five consecutive boundaries. He played 23 Test matches, scored one century, and had a batting average of 34.36. He was also involved in the World Series Cricket of the 1970s. In one of these matches, a bouncer broke his jaw, and this marked the beginning of a decline in his career.

At a function for World Series Cricket, media mogul Kerry Packer once suggested that he put on a tie. After he replied infamously "I don't wear ties," Packer told him "You'll put one on for me, son."

After World Series Cricket had finished, Hookes was often selected to play for Australia, but his prodigious talent was never fully realised. His most consistent Test season was 1982/83, where he scored 344 runs at 49.14 against England during the Ashes series, including 4 fifties. He continued his good form against Sri Lanka in April 1983, scoring 143 off 152 balls in Australia's first Test cricket match against that nation. Thereafter his form was patchy, and his last Test was against India in Melbourne, December 26-30 1985, where he scored 42 and 0. This was, coincidentally, Steve Waugh's first Test match.

Despite his failure to live up to expectations at the highest level, Hookes continued to play for South Australia and scored heavily against all opponents. On March 7-8 1987, Hookes and fellow Test discard Wayne Phillips shared in an unbroken 4th wicket stand of 462 for South Australia against Tasmania. Hookes made 306 not out (his highest ever score), Phillips made 213 not out, and poor William Kirkman had bowling figures of 29-0-164-1. In all first class cricket, Hookes scored 12671 runs in 178 matches with an average of 43.99.

After his retirement, he became involved in media commitments, being often quoted in the media, making appearances on television, and hosting a radio program with fellow sportscaster Gerard Healy.

In 2002, he was selected as the new coach of the Victorian cricket team. He led a revival of the team, which had struggled in previous years. The team subsequently rose back to the top of the Australian domestic competition.

On the night of January 18, 2004, Hookes went to the Beaconsfield Hotel in St Kilda, Melbourne with members of both the Victorian and South Australian cricket teams, to celebrate a win by Victoria over South Australia in a one-day match. Shortly after midnight, the party was asked to leave the hotel, though there are conflicting stories as to the exact reason. According to a report in The Age newspaper ([1] (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/19/1074360698597.html)), some of the party were then followed by three of the hotel's security staff, one of whom struck Hookes on the head from behind. The report quoted an unnamed witness amongst the party as saying "The guy came up from nowhere and just came and hit him."

Hookes fell to the ground, hitting his head in the process, and going into cardiac arrest. He was revived by paramedics but did not regain consciousness. He was taken to Melbourne's Alfred Hospital and placed on life support. Hookes was taken off life support on the evening of January 19 after family and friends had said their goodbyes.

A security guard at the hotel, Zdravko Micevic, was arrested and charged with manslaughter over the incident.


Preceded by:
Kim Hughes
Australian One-day International cricket captains
1983
Succeeded by:
Allan Border

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