Henry Andrews (cricketer)

Henry Andrews
Personal information
Full name Henry Wyche Andrews
Born (1821-10-04)4 October 1821
Eling, Hampshire
Died 13 December 1865(1865-12-13) (aged 44)
Dulwich Common, Surrey
Batting Right handed
Role Wicket-keeper
Relations Walter Andrews (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1849–1859 Gentlemen of Kent
1852–1863 Kent
FC debut 23 August 1849 Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England
Last FC 23 July 1863 Kent v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 41
Runs scored 915
Batting average 13.45
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 58
Balls bowled 4
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 31/8
Source: CricInfo, 19 March 2017

Henry Wyche Andrews (4 October 1821 – 13 December 1865) was an English amateur cricketer who played matches for Kent County Cricket Club and a variety of amateur Gentlemen's sides, including the Gentlemen of Kent, Gentlemen of England and an England side. He played between 1849 and 1863 with many of his appearances taking place either during Canterbury Cricket Weeks, a major social event in the south-east of England, or at Lord's.[1]

Andrews was born at Eling in Hampshire in 1821.[2] He made his first-class cricket debut for the Gentlemen of Kent during the 1849 Canterbury Week as a wicket-keeper.[1] In total he played in 41 first-class matches, taking 31 catches and making eight stumpings.[2] Andrews is reported to have developed an innovative outfit for keeping wicket in consisting of a waistcoat attached to trousers, allowing his to "dispense with belt as well as braces".[3] The Times reported in 1936 that "he was so chaffed ... that he never wore it again in public".[3]

Andrews lived at Blackheath Park in Kent[4] and died at Dulwich Common in Surrey in 1865 aged 44.[2][5] One of his sons, Walter, played first-class cricket for Sussex between 1888 and 1892.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Henry Andrews, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22. (subscription required).
  2. 1 2 3 Henry Andrews, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. 1 2 Cricket Fashions, The Times, 1936-08-21, p.13.
  4. ↑ List of subscribers of £2,000 and upwards to the railway subscription, 14th Volume - Railways, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 38, p.8. House of Commons: 1846. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  5. ↑ Deaths, The Times, 1865-12-18, p.1.
  6. ↑ Walter Andrews, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22. (subscription required)

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