Henry Finch (cricketer) explained

Country:England
Fullname:Henry Randolph Finch
Birth Date:18 October 1842
Birth Place:Paddington, Middlesex, England
Death Place:Oakham, Rutland, England
Batting:Unknown
Club1:Marylebone Cricket Club
Year1:1866
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:2
Runs1:34
Bat Avg1:17.00
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:19
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Date:26 February
Year:2020
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13051.html Cricinfo

Henry Randolph Finch (18 October 1842 – 6 December 1935) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of Henry Finch, he was born in October 1842 at Paddington. He was educated at Harrow School,[1] before matriculating at Balliol College, Oxford in 1861, where he graduated B.A. in 1866. He played first-class cricket for Southgate against Oxford University in 1864 at Oxford, before playing a first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire at Southampton in 1866.[2] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in April 1868 and practised on the Midland Circuit.[3] Finch also served as a land agent and a justice of the peace for Rutland.[1] He died in Rutland at Oakham in December 1935.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925 . Stogdon . John Hubert . 1925 . Longmans, Green and Company . 86 . en.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Henry Finch . CricketArchive . 2020-02-26 . subscription.
  3. Book: Foster, Joseph . Men-at-the-bar . 1885 . Reeves and Turner . 20 . en.