Henry Braybrooke
Henry Mellor Braybrooke (11 February 1869 – 28 October 1935) was an English colonial administrator in Sri Lanka and a cricketer who played first-class cricket in England for Cambridge University, Kent and an unofficial England XI between 1891 and 1899.[1] He was born at Kandy in Sri Lanka and died at Hawkhurst in Kent.
Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Braybrooke was picked as a right-handed batsman for six first-class matches for the Cambridge University side in 1891, but was not successful and failed to win a Blue.[2] He appeared in a couple of games for Kent in 1891 and then played fairly regularly as an opening batsman for the county in 1892, his most successful season.[1] His best innings was a score of 53 in the match against Somerset at Taunton.[3]
His cricket after 1892 was very limited: a single match in 1893 and four in 1899, including a game at Eastbourne for an "England XI" against the Australians in which every other player was a Test cricketer. Batting low in the order in his first first-class match for six years, he was duly out for 0 in each innings.[4]
During the First World War, Braybrooke was the commandant of a military hospital at Hawkhurst in Kent, and in 1919 he was awarded the MBE for his service.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Henry Braybrooke". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Obituaries in 1935". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack/www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 25 July 1892. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Scorecard: England XI v Australians". www.cricketarchive.com. 18 May 1899. Retrieved 10 June 2016.