This is a chronological list of cricketers who have played in first class cricket, List A, or at a similar level, who were murdered. This does not include those who were killed in wars.

	Player	Circumstances of death	Date of death	Notes	Player Profile
1	Edward Wright	Murdered in riots at Jamaica [1]	November 23, 1904		[1]
2	Claude Tozer	Shot and killed by his deranged mistress [2] [3]	December 21, 1920		[2]
3	Robert Makant	Murdered whilst on duty in Kurdistan [4]	June 18, 1922		[3]
4	Jeff Stollmeyer	Shot five times and beaten about the head by intruders at his Port-of-Spain home [5]	September 10, 1989	Stollmeyer captained West Indies in 13 Test matches	[4]
5	Muni Lal	Murdered along with his wife by burglars who broke into his house [6]	January 8, 1990	Editor of Crickinia, an early Indian cricket annual, from 1939-44, uncle of Arun Lal, Indian high commissioner in the West Indies and ambassador in Somalia	[5]
6	Haseeb-ul-Hasan	Murdered by an unknown gunman [7]	April 18, 1990		[6]
7	William Strydom	Shot during a robbery [8]	February 20, 1995		[7]
8	Ashley Harvey-Walker	Shot dead in a Johannesburg bar [9]	April 28, 1997		[8]
9	Nezam Hafiz	Died in the terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Center [10]	September 11, 2001		[9]
10	Mark Parker	Killed in the Bali bombings [11]	October 12, 2002		[10]
11	Rahatullah	Shot dead [12]	February 11, 2008		[11]

[edit] Possibly murdered cricketers

	Player	Circumstances of death	Date of death	Notes	Player Profile
1	Percy Hardy	Found dead on the floor of a lavatory at King's Cross station with his throat cut and a blood-stained knife by his side. [13]	March 9, 1916	Somerset history maintains Hardy committed suicide rather than be sent back to the WW1 battlefields [14]	[12]
2	Jack Marsh	Killed in a street brawl. The assailants were charged with manslaughter but acquitted. [15]	May 25, 1916		[13]
3	Rajesh Peter	Found dead in his flat in New Delhi in suspicious circumstances. [16]	November 16, 1995		[14]
4	Tertius Bosch	Believed to have died from Guillain-Barre syndrome, but post mortem suggested that he was poisoned [17]	February 14, 2000		[15]
5	David Hookes	Died of head injuries after a brawl outside a Melbourne pub. There were claims that it was murder, but the charge that was brought was manslaughter and the person charged was found not guilty [18]	January 9, 2004		[16]
6	Bob Woolmer	Found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica during the 2007 cricket World Cup. Originally believed to have been strangled but the investigation returned an open verdict, neither ruling out strangulation or death by natural causes[19]	March 18, 2007	Woolmer, a former Test cricketer, was the coach of the Pakistan cricket team at the time of his death	[17]

[edit] References

1. ^ Cricinfo page for Edward Wright
2. ^ The strange demise of Claude Tozer, Cricket-online.com article
3. ^ Hell hath no fury ..., Cricinfo.com
4. ^ Makant's obituary in 1923 Wisden
5. ^ Stollmeyer's obituary in 1990 Wisden
6. ^ ACSSI Yearbook 1989-90
7. ^ Haseeb-ul-Hasan's obituary in 1991 Wisden
8. ^ Strydom's obituary in 1996 Wisden
9. ^ Harvey-Walker's obituary in 1998 Wisden
10. ^ Nezam's obituary in 2003 Wisden
11. ^ Bali bomb claims life of prolific Parker Cricinfo.com
12. ^ Former Pakistan under-19 cricketer shot dead Cricinfo.com
13. ^ Hardy's obituary in 1917 Wisden
14. ^ Sunshine, Sixes and Cider, by David Foot (David & Charles, 1986)
15. ^ Marsh's biography in Australian Dictionary of Biography
16. ^ Peter's obituary in 1997 Wisden
17. ^ Bosch post mortem suggests poisoning Cricinfo.com
18. ^ Bouncer found not guilty in Hookes case Cricinfo.com
19. ^ Police close Woolmer case after open verdict AFP.com