Hiram Slack

Hiram Slack (28 August 1808 – 9 July 1853) was an English cricketer who played for Nottingham Cricket Club in 1831 and 1832. He was born in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. Slack was a batsman, but his handedness is unknown. It is possible he had amateur status. In total, he scored 47 runs with a highest score of 23, but he took no catches or wickets.

Matches Slack played for Nottingham, mostly in matches against other town teams, between 1827 and 1832. It is thought, without certainty, that he also played in a match at Mansfield in 1836. Nottingham, led by William Clarke, batted first, and scored 184 all out. Slack, who was ninth in the batting order, was the not out batsman with 18 runs. Nottingham were again captained by Clarke, and the team included Sam Redgate, their noted roundarm pace bowler. Slack Jr was from Bradford, but he played mostly for clubs in and around Birmingham. He played for the North in 1866, and for the All England Eleven in 1875.

Slack Sr died at Mickleover, Derbyshire, in 1853. His death was reported in a Nottingham newspaper as a suicide, which occurred at the Derbyshire County Lunatic Asylum. He was recorded as a "pauper lunatic".