Country: | South Africa |
Fullname: | Henry Bernard Stricker |
Birth Date: | 1888 |
Birth Place: | Beaconsfield, Cape Colony |
Death Date: | 15 February 1917(aged 29) |
Death Place: | Dodoma, German East Africa |
Family: | Louis Stricker (brother) |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Unknown |
Club1: | Transvaal |
Year1: | 1912/13 - 1913/14 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 70 |
Bat Avg1: | 23.33 |
100S/50S1: | –/1 |
Top Score1: | 66 |
Deliveries1: | 198 |
Wickets1: | 2 |
Bowl Avg1: | 80.50 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 1/23 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
Date: | 9 June |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/47250.html Cricinfo |
Henry Bernard Stricker (1888 – 15 February 1917) was a South African first-class cricketer and South African Army soldier.
Stricker was born at Beaconsfield in 1888 to Louis Stricker senior and his wife, Maude.[1] He was educated at Sacred Heart College, Johannesburg. Stricker was selected to play for Transvaal in March 1913, making his first-class debut against Griqualand West, scoring an unbeaten 66.[1] He made two further first-class appearances in January 1914 for Transvaal against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club.[2] In his three first-class matches, he scored 70 runs at an average of 23.33.[3] With the ball he took two wickets, with best figures of 1 for 23.[4] Stricker served in the South African Army during the First World War, where he was a conductor in the South African Service Corps (Animal Transport). He died from Blackwater fever in February 1917 at Dodoma in German East Africa, aged 29.[1] His brother was the Test cricketer Louis Stricker.