Herbert Horace Armstrong (25 October 1862 – 1942) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Herbert Horace Armstrong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1862 Islington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | Q1 1942 (aged 79) Bournemouth, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1882–1885 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armstrong was born in October 1862 at Islington to John Armstrong, a salesman, and his wife, Jane.[1] Moving to Southampton in 1881, he began playing club cricket for Southampton, where he was noted as being one of the club's best batsmen.[2] Armstrong began playing for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1882, making his debut in first-class cricket against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Southampton. An all-rounder, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire until the county lost its first-class status in 1885, having made 23 appearances.[3] In these, he scored 502 runs at an average of 14.34, with a highest score of 68.[4] With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he took 68 wickets at a bowling average of 20.23; he took two five wicket hauls, with best figures of 7 for 33.[5] Following the loss of Hampshire's first-class status, he continued to play second-class cricket for the county until 1889.[6]
Armstrong lived in Southampton until 1889 or 1890, working in a cousin's lamp and oil shop in St. Mary's Street. He married in 1889 and then moved to London to work with his brothers in a wholesale fruit business. He had two children, a boy and a girl and in 1913 returned to Hampshire, where was the proprietor of a wool shop.[7] Following his death at Bournemouth in the first quarter of 1942, his daughter gave an album of press cuttings and badges to the Hampshire Cricket Museum.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ 1871 England Census. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Southampton news". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 17 December 1881. p. 8. Retrieved 15 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Armstrong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Herbert Armstrong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Herbert Armstrong". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Teams Herbert Armstrong played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ 1939 England and Wales Register. Retrieved 17 April 2020.