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.