Henry Alexander (cricketer)

Henry Alexander

Personal information
Full name	Henry Robert Tayler Alexander
Born	26 October 1841 Brighton, Sussex, England
Died	11 February 1920 (aged 78) Westminster, London, England
Batting style	Unknown
Bowling style	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1863	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 2 Batting average 2.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 2 Balls bowled 20 Wickets 1 Bowling average 14.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/14 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2013

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

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. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1920". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
2. Venn, John (15 September 2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 1108036112.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Alexander". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
4. "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1863". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

External links

• Henry Alexander at ESPNcricinfo
• Henry Alexander at CricketArchive