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{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alec Hosie
| country = England
| fullname = Alexander Lindsay Hosie
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1890|8|6}}
| birth_place = [[Wenchow]], [[Zhejiang]], [[China]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1957|6|11|1890|8|6}}
| death_place = [[Ashurst, Hampshire]], England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]
| role =
| family =
| club5 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| year5 = 1935–1937
| club4 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year4 = 1925–1938
| club3 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]
| year3 = 1925–1929
| club2 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year2 = 1913–1935
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year1 = 1913
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 133
| runs1 = 6,195
| bat avg1 = 27.65
| 100s/50s1 = 8/33
| top score1 = 200
| deliveries1 = 636
| wickets1 = 11
| bowl avg1 = 45.45
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/35
| catches/stumpings1 = 85/–
| date = 2 March
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14274.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Alexander Lindsay "Alec" Hosie''' (6 August 1890 – 11 June 1957) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er who played for a large number of teams in England and India.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6674/6674.html |publisher = CricketArchive | title = Player Profile: Alexander Hosie | accessdate = 11 March 2013}}</ref> Hosie was a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled occasional right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium pace]].

==Childhood==
Hosie was the only son of the British diplomat and China expert Sir Alexander Hosie and his first wife, the former Florence Lindsay.<ref>{{cite news| title = Obituary: Sir Alexander Hosie | newspaper = The Times |issue = 43907 | page = 16 | location = London | date = 11 March 1925 }}</ref> He was born in Wenzhou in [[China]] and educated in England at [[St Lawrence College, Ramsgate]], and [[Magdalen College, Oxford]].

==Cricket career==
Hosie made his [[first-class cricket]] debut for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1913 against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]. He represented the university in five first-class matches in 1913, scoring two half-centuries with a highest score of 60 against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].

In 1913, Hosie also played for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]. Hosie represented the club in three first-class matches before the [[First World War]] and 77 more times from 1921 to 1935. He played infrequently for Hampshire, having to manage his commitments in India. In his 77 matches for Hampshire, he scored 3,542 runs at an average of 26.83, with 17 half-centuries, 5 centuries and a high score of 155 against Yorkshire in 1928.

In 1921 Hosie made his debut for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]]. Hosie represented the Europeans in 14 first-class matches from 1921 to 1929. Hosie scored 921 runs for them at an average of 38.37, with five half centuries, two centuries and a career-high score of 200 against the Hindus in 1924.

1925 saw Hosie make his debut for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] against Cambridge University. Hosie played seven first-class matches for MCC from 1925 to 1938. In his seven matches for the club, he scored 287 runs at an average of 22.07, with a single half century score 63.

In 1935 Hosie made his debut for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] against the touring [[Australia national cricket team|Australians]]. He played eight first-class matches for Bengal between 1935 and 1937, scoring 449 runs at an average of 32.07, with five half centuries and a high score of 82 against [[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]] in 1936.

As well as playing first-class cricket for the above teams, Hosie also played first-class cricket for Bengal Governor's XI, MC Bird's XI, [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]], Europeans and Parsees, Europeans in the East, [[India national cricket team|India]], the Gentlemen, South of England, the Viceroy's XI, the Rest of India, an Indian XI, Indian University Occasionals and [[Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson|Lord Tennyson's XI]].

==Death==
Hosie died at [[Ashurst, Hampshire]], in June 1957 aged 66.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=14274}}

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