A right-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler,[1] he played nineteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1891 and 1907,[2] including one first-class match.
[3] Hamilton made his debut for Ireland against I Zingari in August 1891, and played twice more against the same opponents in July the following year.
In September 1892, he went on the Irish team's tour of North America, first playing against Canada at the Toronto Cricket Club, a match in which he took 5/48, his first five-wicket haul.
He scored 60 not out in the first innings of the match against Surrey at The Oval, his second and final half-century for Ireland.
[2] Blayney born in Dublin [6] won nine Irish Open titles from 1902-1908.