Henry Mayne
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Henry Blair Mayne (23 August 1813 – 17 January 1892) was an English lawyer and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1833 and 1849.
Life
Mayne was born at Limpsfield in Surrey in 1813, the son of the Rev. Robert Mayne. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford where he matriculated in 1831, graduating B.A. in 1835, M.A. in 1838. He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1845. He later became chief clerk of private bills at the House of Commons.[1][2]
Mayne was also notable as one of the group which helped to write the rules of Short Whist. He died at Brighton in Sussex in January 1892 aged 78.[1][3]
Cricketer
Mayne played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1833 and 1849, for a variety of teams. He made his first-class debut in 1833 for the Gentlemen of Kent before playing four times for Oxford University between 1834 and 1838. He played for a Kent team in 1835, before the foundation of the County Club, and went on to play once for Kent County Cricket Club in 1844. He made seven appearances for MCC, four for the Gentlemen of Kent and one for the Gentlemen of England.[4] He played regularly in club cricket for I Zingari.[3]
References
- ^ a b Henry Mayne, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Henry Blair Mayne, Obituaries in 1892, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1893. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Henry Mayne, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
External links
- 1813 births
- 1892 deaths
- English cricketers
- Kent cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Gentlemen of Kent cricketers
- Gentlemen of England cricketers
- People educated at Westminster School, London
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- English barristers
- English cricket biography, 1810s birth stubs