| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Henry Willis |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1841 |
| Birth Place: | Sydenham, Kent, England |
| Death Place: | Horton, Epsom, Surrey, England |
| Club1: | Surrey |
| Year1: | 1868 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 7 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 7 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/ - |
| Date: | 23 June |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23037.html Cricinfo |
Henry Willis (17 March 1841 - 29 September 1926) was an English banker and cricketer.
He was born at Sydenham, Kent, the eldest son of Henry Willis, of Horton Lodge, Epsom, a banker in Lombard Street.[1] [2] His sister Marianne married in 1862 Henry Paull, the Member of Parliament.[3]
Willis was educated privately.[4] By 1863 he was working in Willis, Percival & Co., the private bank in Lombard Street at which his father was the senior partner.[5] When the bank failed in 1878, his personal assets contributed in the liquidation to the settlement of liabilities.[6] The bank was taken over, and he became a manager of the new concern at the same address.[7]
Willis's batting style is unknown. He made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Yorkshire in 1868 at The Oval.[8] Surrey won the toss and elected to bat, making 195 all out, with Willis being dismissed during the innings for a duck by Tom Emmett. Yorkshire responded by making 389 all out in their first-innings, to which Surrey responded in their second-innings by being dismissed for just 52, with Willis being dismissed by George Atkinson for 7 runs. Yorkshire won the match by an innings and 142 runs.[9]
This was Willis's only major appearance for Surrey. He was the Captain of the Epsom Cricket Club for many years.[10]
In 1866, Willis married Emmeline, daughter of James Levick of Hookfield, Epsom;[11] [12] [13] they had a son, Henry — who married Mina Gertrude, daughter of the cricketer E. M. Grace — and six daughters. Willis died at Horton Lodge near Horton, Surrey, on 29 September 1926.