Henry_Alexander_(cricketer)

Henry Alexander (cricketer)

Henry Alexander (cricketer)

English cricketer

Henry Robert Tayler Alexander (26 October 1841 – 11 February 1920) was an English first-class cricketer. Alexander's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Brighton, Sussex.

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Alexander was educated at Harrow School where he captained the school cricket team in 1861.[1] Later that year he began his university studies at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Two years later he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Fenner's.[3] In a match which the MCC won by an innings and 6 runs, Alexander ended Cambridge University's first-innings not out without scoring, while in the MCC first-innings he took the wicket of Charles Lyttelton to finish with figures of 1/14 from five overs. He was last man out in Cambridge University's second-innings, scoring 3 runs before he was dismissed by George Wootton.[4]

He later became a solicitor.[2] He died at Westminster, London on 11 February 1920.

References

  1. [1]
    "Wisden - Obituaries in 1920". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. [2]
    Venn, John (15 September 2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1108036115.
  3. [3]
    "First-Class Matches played by Henry Alexander". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1863". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
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