Henry Hildyard (cricketer)

Henry Charles Thoroton Hildyard (16 October 1824 – 14 September 1898) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Henry Hildyard

Personal information
Full name	Henry Charles Thoroton Hildyard
Born	16 October 1824 Flintham, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	14 September 1898(1898-09-14) (aged 73) Rowley, Yorkshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1843–1846	Oxford University
1844	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 66 Batting average 7.33 100s/50s –/– Top score 19 Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 May 2020

The son of Colonel Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard, he was born in October 1824 at Flintham, Nottinghamshire.[1] He was educated at Eton College,[2] before going up to Merton College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket intermittently for Oxford University between 1843–46, making four appearances,[4] in which he scored 57 runs with a high score of 19.[5] In addition to playing for Oxford University, Hildyard also made a single first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University in 1844.[4]

After graduating from Oxford, Hildyard took holy orders in the Church of England. He was the rector of Rowley in Yorkshire from 1852 until his death there in September 1898.[3] His brother was the politician Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard.

References

1. "Profile: Reverend Henry Charles Thoroton-Hildyard". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
2. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Henry Edward (1864). The Eton School Lists, from 1791 to 1850. E.P. Williams. p. 176.
3. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 658.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Hildyard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Hildyard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

External links

• Henry Hildyard at ESPNcricinfo