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 (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