Henry Wall (20 April 1852 – 13 October 1914) was an English cricketer. Born at Wigan, Lancashire, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm roundarm fast bowler who made three appearances in first-class cricket.
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| Full name | Henry Wall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1852 Wigan, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 October 1914 (aged 62) Southport, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | William Wall (brother) Thomas Wall (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1877 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Thomas Wall, the founder of the Wigan Observer,[1] Wall played the majority of his club cricket for Wigan (but did briefly play for Sefton Park in 1881),[2] with Wall making his first-class cricket debut for Lancashire in 1877 against Sussex at Old Trafford.[3] He made two further first-class appearances in 1877 for Lancashire, against Sussex at Hove and Kent at Maidstone.[3] He scored a total of 24 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 15.[4]
Local parish records indicate that he was by profession a mining engineer.[5] He died at Southport, Lancashire on 13 October 1914. His brothers, William and Thomas, both played first-class cricket.
References
edit- ^ "Lancashire player number 48 - Wall, Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "Teams Henry Wall played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Henry Wall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Wall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "Wigan, U-V-W-Y". www.wiganworld.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
External links
edit- Henry Wall at ESPNcricinfo
- Henry Wall at CricketArchive