Henry Albert Fannin (25 September 1870 – 20 January 1959) was a cricketer who played 11 matches of first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay between 1892 and 1899.
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| Full name | Henry Albert Fannin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 1870 Napier, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 January 1959 (aged 88) Hastings, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1892-93 to 1899-1900 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A fast bowler,[1] Fannin had an outstanding season in 1897-98 when he took 22 wickets in two matches. Against Taranaki in December 1897 he took 8 for 49 (including a hat-trick) and 3 for 42 in an innings victory for Hawke's Bay. Nine of his victims were bowled.[2] In Hawke's Bay's next match the following March, getting movement each way off the pitch, he took 8 for 19 (all bowled) and 3 for 35 against Auckland in a drawn match.[3][4]
Fannin married Margaret Leithead in Woodville in June 1899.[5] In July 1900 Fannin's employers, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, transferred him from Napier to Feilding. In a tribute, the Hastings Standard called him "one of the most good-natured and unselfish fellows who ever slogged a boundary or knocked a stump out of the ground".[6]
References
edit- ^ "Cricket Notes". Hawke's Bay Herald. 22 November 1897. p. 4.
- ^ "Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Cricket: The Hawke's Bay Match". Auckland Star. 19 March 1898. p. 2.
- ^ "Auckland v Hawke's Bay 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Marriage". Woodville Examiner: 2. 9 June 1899.
- ^ "Local and general". Hastings Standard. 27 July 1900. p. 2.
External links
edit- Harry Fannin at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Harry Fannin at ESPNcricinfo