[2] Hope was born at Dunedin in 1866 and educated at the Old Stone School in the city.
Primarily a bowler, he took 73 wickets in first-class cricket, including seven five-wicket hauls and recorded ten-wickets in a match once.
His best innings bowling figures of 6/23 were taken against the touring Fiji side at Carisbrook in February 1895.
[2][5] The Southland Times, however, described him as having a "splendid drop kick" and being a "good dodgy runner".
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