| Henry Hall | |
| Full Name: | Henry George Hamlet Hall |
| Birth Date: | 1857 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bedminster, Somerset |
| Death Place: | Southmead, Bristol |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Year1: | 1882–1885 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 2 |
| Bat Avg1: | 0.66 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 2 |
| Deliveries1: | 168 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 57.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14008.html ESPNcricinfo |
| Date: | 15 August |
| Year: | 2018 |
Henry George Hamlet Hall (24 December 1857 - 13 February 1934) played cricket for Somerset from 1879 to 1887; two of the matches he played for the team were first-class games.[1] He was born at Bedminster, Bristol and died at Southmead, also in Bristol.
Hall, a lower-order batsman and a bowler whose bowling style is unknown, has the distinction of taking the first wicket ever taken by Somerset in an authenticated first-class match when he had Lancashire opening batsman and captain Albert Hornby caught in the match at Old Trafford on 8 June 1882, and he followed it with a catch to dismiss the second Lancashire batsman, Walter Robinson.[2] There were no other successes for Hall in this game: no more catches, wickets or runs when he batted and he then did not play against for Somerset in any first-class fixture for three years. By the time he reappeared for a single game in 1885 against Gloucestershire, whose team included W. G. Grace, he was being played as an opening batsman: to no great effect, as he scored 0 and 2 and Somerset lost very heavily.[3] Though Hall went on to play minor matches for a further 10 years, this was his last first-class cricket game.