William Henty | |
Fullname: | William Henty |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1808 |
Birth Place: | West Tarring, Sussex, England |
Death Place: | Hove, Sussex, England |
Bowling: | underarm |
Club1: | Tasmania |
Year1: | 1851 - 52 |
Type1: | First-class |
Debutdate1: | 11 February |
Debutyear1: | 1851 |
Debutfor1: | Tasmania |
Debutagainst1: | Victoria |
Lastdate1: | 29 March |
Lastyear1: | 1852 |
Lastfor1: | Tasmania |
Lastagainst1: | Victoria |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 1 |
Bat Avg1: | 0.33 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 1 |
Deliveries1: | 224 |
Wickets1: | 19 |
Bowl Avg1: | 9.36 |
Fivefor1: | 2 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 6/40 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Date: | 5 January |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/2/2557/2557.html |
William Henty (23 September 1808 in West Tarring, Sussex, England – 11 July 1881 in Hove, Sussex, England). He moved to Van Diemen's Land in 1837 and for over 20 years practised as a solicitor. In 1857 he was elected a member of the legislative council for Tamar and was colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet. He held this office for five and a half years until his resignation in 1862.[1]
He was also an Australian cricketer, who played two games for Tasmania in 1851. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, and having bowled the first ever ball in a first class cricket match in Australia. He opened the bowling for Tasmania in both innings, bowling right arm underarm, and took 4/52, and 5/26 for 9/78 for the match.
He returned to England in 1862, where he remained until his death on 11 July 1881 in Hove, Sussex, England at the age of 72.[2] [3]
He was interested in Shakespeare and after his death a small volume by him, Shakespeare with some Notes on his early Biography, was printed for private circulation. This has little value but contains a memoir of the author by R. Harrison.