Henry Cairns should not be confused with Henry Cairnes.
| Henry Cairns | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Henry Wilson Cairns |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Date: | 6 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36643.html ESPNcricinfo |
Henry Wilson Cairns (11 December 1842 - 16 December 1888) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1864–65 and 1869–70 seasons,[1] all against Canterbury. He had played for an Otago side of 22 players in February 1864 against a touring English side organised by George Parr but had not played in the inaugural first-class match in New Zealand earlier in the year.[2]
Cairns was born at Falkirk in Scotland in 1842. He worked as a salesman. His younger brother, Alexander Cairns, was also born in Scotland but educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. Cairns died in 1888 at Dunedin asylum.[3]