Harry Spencer (cricketer, born 1868)
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| Born | 18 September 1868 Northowram, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 October 1937 (aged 69) Regent's Park, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1895 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| Only FC | 18 July 1895 Derbyshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, March 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Harry Spencer (18 September 1868 – 13 October 1937) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1895.
Spencer was born in Northowram, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and was the son of William Spencer, a grocer, and his wife Mary.[1]
Spencer played a minor counties match for Staffordshire in July 1895. He played a first-class match for Derbyshire during the 1895 season against Surrey in July. He scored a duck in the first innings but the match was abandoned as a draw before he had a chance to bat in the second innings.[2]
He was a right-handed batsman but scored no runs in first-class cricket.
Spencer died at Regent's Park, London at the age of 69.
References
[edit]- ^ British Census 1881 RG11 4428/98 p36 Cricket Archive records him as born at Queensbury. However the Office for National Statistics entry shows Harry Spencer registered in the Halifax district in the last quarter of 1868. Northowram, shown in the census, is near to Halifax
- ^ Harry Spencer at Cricket Archive
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