Henry Plowden

Sir Henry Plowden
Personal information
Full name Henry Meredyth Plowden
Born (1840-09-26)26 September 1840
Sylhet, Assam, India
Died 8 January 1920(1920-01-08) (aged 79)
Sunninghill, Berkshire, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm roundarm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1865 Hampshire
1863–1866 Marylebone Cricket Club
1860–1863 Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 15
Runs scored 248
Batting average 13.05
100s/50s –/1
Top score 69*
Balls bowled 1,173
Wickets 56
Bowling average 12.83
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 7/25
Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2010

Sir Henry Meredyth Plowden (26 September 1840 – 8 January 1920) was an English cricketer.[1] Plowden was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm off break. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

Cricket career

Plowden made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Cambridge Town Club in 1860 and represented Cambridge University in ten first-class matches from 1860 to 1863, with his final first-class match for the University coming against Oxford University in 1863.[1] In his ten matches for the University, Plowden scored 139 runs at an average of 11.58, making a single half century which yielded his highest first-class score of 69*. With the ball he took 44 wickets at a bowling average of 10.58, with best figures of 7-25, one of four five-wicket hauls for the University. He also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1863 against Oxford University. In 1865 he made his debut for Hampshire, playing a single first-class match for the county against Surrey. He made scores of 34 and 3 and took two wickets in this game. Plowden's final first-class match came in 1866 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire.

Overall Plowden played 15 first-class matches, scoring 248 runs at an average of 13.05, with a top score of 69*. With the ball he took 56 wickets at a bowling average of 12.83, with best figures of 7/25 which was one of five five-wicket hauls.

After cricket

Plowden was the Government Advocate at Lahore from 1870 to 1877 and Judge of the Chief Court in the Punjab from 1877 to 1894.[2] He died at Sunninghill, Berkshire on 8 January 1920.

References

  1. 1 2 "Henry Plowden". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Henry Plowden". www.archive.org/Cambridge University Press. p. 139. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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