Joseph Hunter (3 August 1855 – 4 January 1891) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1878 to 1888, and in five Test matches for England in 1884–85. He was born at Scarborough, Yorkshire, and died at Rotherham, Yorkshire. Hunter was a wicket-keeper who played in 162 first-class matches. He held 232 career catches and completed 124 stumpings. He was a right-handed tail-end batsman and scored 1,330 runs at an average of 7.86 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 60* as one of two half-centuries. Career Joe Hunter, one of five brothers, was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire. He learned his cricket by playing on the beach at Scarborough. Yorkshire Hunter made his first-class debut for Yorkshire in 1878 when he stood in for George Pinder, who had been injured. He played in ten matches during July and August until Pinder could return. Hunter's debut was in a Roses Match against Lancashire at Old Trafford on 11–12 July. It did not go well because Lancashire won by an innings and 26 runs with more than a day to spare. Lancashire batted first and scored 267, having been 266/9 overnight. Hunter did not dismiss any of their batsmen. Yorkshire collapsed twice on the second day, scoring 123 and 118. A. G. Steel, who was noted for his expertise in "twisting (spinning) the ball from both sides of the wicket", took 5/49 and 9/63 for a match return of 14/112. Hunter was last in the Yorkshire batting line-up. He was caught by Steel off Alec Watson for 4 in his debut innings and then was the not out batsman with 8 in the second. Hunter dismissed his first victims in Yorkshire's next match, which was against Surrey at Bramall Lane on 15–16 July. Yorkshire batted first and scored 309 all out. Hunter was number 10 in the batting order and scored 14. His first "victim" was John Shuter, whom he caught off George Ulyett for 13. Later, he caught Morice Clarke for 17 off Harry Pearson. Surrey were all out for 78. In the second innings, Hunter caught James Southerton off Tom Emmett for 10. Surrey were all out for 127 and Yorkshire won by an innings and 104 runs with a day to spare. In all, Hunter played in ten matches in 1878, scoring 73 runs with a highest innings of 17. He