Henry Willis (cricketer)
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| Full name | Henry Willis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1841 Sydenham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 September 1926 (aged 85) Horton, Epsom, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Charles Willis (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1868 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry Willis (17 March 1841 – 29 September 1926) was an English cricketer. Willis' batting style is unknown. He was born at Sydenham, Kent, the eldest son of Henry Willis, of Horton Lodge, Epsom.[1]
Willis made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Yorkshire in 1868 at The Oval.[2] 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.[3] This was his only major appearance for Surrey. He was the Captain of the Epsom Cricket Club for many years.[4]
In 1866, he married Emmeline, daughter of James Levick of Hookfield, Epsom;[5][6][7] 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.
References
- ^ http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/1900Bios.html#WILLIS
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Willis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "Surrey v Yorkshire, 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/1900Bios.html#WILLIS
- ^ Surrey at the Opening of the Twentieth Century- Contemporary Biographies, Hitchin, W.E. and Pike, W.T., 1906, W T Pike & Co Brighton
- ^ Surrey: Historical Biographical and Pictorial, ed. John Grant, The London and Provincial Publishing Co Ltd., London
- ^ http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/1900Bios.html#WILLIS
External links
- Henry Willis at ESPNcricinfo
- Henry Willis at CricketArchive
- [1] at Epsom and Ewell History Explorer