Henry Bloomfield Kingscote

Not to be confused with his uncle Henry Robert Kingscote (1802-1882), philanthropist and amateur cricketer.

Henry Kingscote
Kingscote in uniform
Personal information
Full name
Henry Bloomfield Kingscote
Born(1843-02-28)28 February 1843
Kingscote, Gloucestershire
Died1 August 1915(1915-08-01) (aged 72)
Westminster, London
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
RelationsArthur Kingscote (cousin),
Henry Kingscote (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1864–1878Marylebone Cricket Club
1866–1881Royal Artillery
1867Kent
1877Gloucestershire
1880Devon
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 12
Runs scored 91
Batting average 5.68
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 44*
Catches/stumpings 12/8
Source: CricInfo, 25 June 2010

Colonel Henry Bloomfield Kingscote (28 February 1843 – 1 August 1915) was an English soldier and amateur cricketer.

Early life

He was born at Kingscote, Gloucestershire, the son of Colonel Thomas Henry Kingscote and his wife Harriott.[1][2]

Army career

Kingscote served in the Royal Artillery (RA), being commissioned in 1862 and seeing active service in the Bhutan War in the mid-1860s, during which he was wounded.[3][4][5]

He rose to the rank of colonel by 1896, and in 1899 was commanding officer of the Royal Artillery in Canada. He retired in 1900.[4][6]

Cricket

Kingscote played cricket as a wicket-keeper for the Royal Artillery from 1864 to 1881, playing regularly for the RA and a number of times whilst stationed in India between 1882 and 1889.[3][7] He played in 12 first-class cricket matches, spread throughout a career that lasted 11 years between 1867 and 1878. He represented Kent County Cricket Club in a single first-class match in 1867, MCC seven times, the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club once and Gloucestershire three times in 1877, restricted in his opportunities at the top level of cricket by his military service.[3][7] He played non-first-class cricket for clubs such as MCC, I Zingari, Quidnuncs and appeared twice for Devon in 1880.[7]

Later life

Kingscote died at Westminster in August 1915 aged 72.[8]

Family

Kingscote's cousin Arthur Kingscote and uncle Henry Kingscote also played first-class cricket. He married three times but none of the marriages produced children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Henry Bloomfield Kingscote, The Peerage. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  2. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 310–312. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. ^ a b c Colonel Henry Bloomfield Kingscote, Obituaries in 1915, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1916. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  4. ^ a b Hart's Army List, 1913, p.1244. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-02-28.)
  5. ^ Hart's, p.1446. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-02-28.)
  6. ^ Hart's Army List, 1899, p.106. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  7. ^ a b c Henry Kingscote, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  8. ^ Henry Kingscote, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-28.