Henry Hildyard (cricketer)

Henry Hildyard
Personal information
Full name
Henry Charles Thoroton Hildyard
Born16 October 1824
Flintham, Nottinghamshire, England
Died14 September 1898(1898-09-14) (aged 73)
Rowley, Yorkshire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1843–1846Oxford University
1844Marylebone 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

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

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 and 1846, 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. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Hildyard, Henry Charles Thoroton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ a b "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.