Henry Wall (cricketer)

Henry Wall

Personal information
Full name	Henry Wall
Born	20 April 1852 Wigan, Lancashire, England
Died	13 October 1914 (aged 62) Southport, Lancashire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm roundarm fast
Relations	William Wall (brother) Thomas Wall (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1877	Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 24 Batting average 6.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 15 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2015

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.

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

1. "Lancashire player number 48 - Wall, Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
2. "Teams Henry Wall played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Wall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Wall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
5. "Wigan, U-V-W-Y". www.wiganworld.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

External links

• Henry Wall at ESPNcricinfo
• Henry Wall at CricketArchive