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Henry Finch
Personal information
Full name
Henry Randolph Finch
Born18 October 1842
Paddington, Middlesex, England
Died6 December 1935(1935-12-06) (aged 93)
Oakham, Rutland, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1866Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 34
Batting average 17.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 19
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2020

Henry Randolph Finch JP (18 October 1842 – 6 December 1935) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of Henry Finch, he was born in October 1842 at Paddington. He was educated at Harrow School,[1] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[2] He played first-class cricket for Southgate against Oxford University in 1864 at Oxford, before playing a first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire at Southampton in 1866.[3] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in April 1868 and practiced on the Midland Circuit.[4] Finch also served as a land agent and a justice of the peace for Rutland.[1] He died in Rutland at Oakham in December 1935.

References

  1. ^ a b Stogdon, John Hubert (1925). The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 86.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 462.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Finch". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 20.