Henry Oddie

Henry Hoyle Oddie (31 January 1815 – 21 May 1869) was an English lawyer and landowner, and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1834 and 1836.[1] He was born and died at Colney House, St Albans, in Hertfordshire.

Oddie was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He played as a batsman in seven first-class matches for the Cambridge side over three seasons; he batted in the middle and lower order, though not with any success in any position as his highest score was just 14 and he averaged just 5.57 with the bat.[1] There is no record that he bowled in first-class cricket. In 1836, he played in the University match against Oxford University, scoring 9 and 3 and taking his only recorded catch.[3]

Oddie graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1837 and was admitted to the Middle Temple the same year.[2] By 1861, married and with six children and a large staff of servants, he was a farmer at Worth, West Sussex, though he later moved to the family home in Hertfordshire.

References

  1. 1 2 "Henry Oddie". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Henry Oddie". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 580. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Scorecard: Oxford University v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 23 June 1836. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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