| Herbert Armstrong | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Herbert Horace Armstrong |
| Birth Place: | Islington, Middlesex, England |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 1862 |
| Death Date: | Q1 1942 (aged 79) |
| Death Place: | Bournemouth, Hampshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 23 |
| Runs1: | 502 |
| Bat Avg1: | 14.34 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/2 |
| Top Score1: | 68 |
| Deliveries1: | 3,713 |
| Wickets1: | 68 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 20.23 |
| Fivefor1: | 2 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/33 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/– |
| Date: | 10 December |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8563.html Cricinfo |
Herbert Horace Armstrong (25 October 1862 – 1942) was an English first-class cricketer.
Armstrong was born in October 1862 at Islington to John Armstrong, a salesman, and his wife, Jane.[1] Moving to Southampton in 1881, he began playing club cricket for Southampton, where he was noted as being one of the club's best batsmen.[2] Armstrong began playing for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1882, making his debut in first-class cricket against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Southampton. An all-rounder, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire until the county lost its first-class status in 1885, having made 23 appearances.[3] In these, he scored 502 runs at an average of 14.34, with a highest score of 68.[4] With his right-arm medium pace bowling, he took 68 wickets at a bowling average of 20.23; he took two five wicket hauls, with best figures of 7 for 33.[5] Following the loss of Hampshire's first-class status, he continued to play second-class cricket for the county until 1889.[6]
Armstrong lived in Southampton until 1889 or 1890, working in a cousin's lamp and oil shop in St. Mary's Street. He married in 1889 and then moved to London to work with his brothers in a wholesale fruit business. He had two children, a boy and a girl and in 1913 returned to Hampshire, where was the proprietor of a wool shop.[7] Following his death at Bournemouth in the first quarter of 1942, his daughter gave an album of press cuttings and badges to the Hampshire Cricket Museum.