James Hockley

James Bernard Hockley (born 16 April 1979) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club.

James Hockley

Personal information
Full name	James Bernard Hockley
Born	(1979-04-16) 16 April 1979 (age 46) Beckenham, London
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–2010	Kent (squad no. 20)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 30 71 10 Runs scored 804 1,595 53 Batting average 18.27 26.14 6.62 100s/50s 0/4 1/8 0/0 Top score 82 121 18 Balls bowled 624 90 29 Wickets 5 3 1 Bowling average 81.60 32.00 32.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/8 2/32 1/9 Catches/stumpings 20/– 24/– 4/–
Source: CricInfo, 7 June 2016

Born in Beckenham, Hockley made his first-class cricket debut in 1998 against Oxford University. Seen as a limited overs specialist, Hockley made 81 one-day appearances for the county. He was released at the end of the 2002 season.^[1][2]

Between 2002 and 2009, Hockley taught sports at Marlborough House School in Cranbrook, whilst continuing to play cricket for Hartley Country Club in the Kent Cricket League.^[2][3][4][5] His performances for Hartley prompted Kent to re-sign him ahead of the 2009 season^[2] and he played two more seasons for the county before returning to focus on teaching whilst still playing for Hartley.^[3][4][6][7]