Harry Foster (cricketer)
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Full name | Henry Knollys Foster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Malvern, Worcestershire, England | 30 October 1873||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 June 1950 Kingsthorne, Herefordshire, England | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1894–1896 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1897–1909 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1899–1925 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 21 May 1894 Oxford University v AJ Webbe's XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 19 August 1925 Worcestershire v Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: espncricinfo.com, 14 October 2012 |
Henry Knollys Foster MBE (30 October 1873 – 23 June 1950) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University and Worcestershire. He first played for Worcestershire in 1888 at the age of only 14.
The oldest of
Educated at Malvern College, Foster matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1892, and first played first-class cricket at Oxford. Not picked for any matches at all in 1893, he won a Blue against Cambridge in each of the next three seasons. In the Varsity match of 1895, he scored 121 in two hours as Oxford, set a target of 331 to win, reached just 196 all out.
Foster captained Worcestershire in the county's very first Championship match in 1899 and led the side every season until 1910, except for 1901. He scored 1,000 runs in a season eight times, and five times averaged more than 40 runs per innings. Among his 29 first-class centuries, he hit 216 against Somerset in 1903 — the first double hundred for Worcestershire in first-class cricket[1] —and 215 against Warwickshire in 1908, both at Worcester.
Unlike his brother
Foster was also a champion
The Foster family
Foster was the oldest of the seven sons of Henry Foster who in 1867, aged 23, joined the staff of
Between them, the seven Foster brothers scored a total of 42,000 runs in First Class Cricket. The girls also played cricket and were exceptional golfers and Cicely played for England.
Private life
Foster was land agent for the
References
- ^ "Most Runs in an Innings for Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ Wisden Almanack 'Henry Foster: Cricketer Of The Year, 1911'
- ^ Wisden Almanack 'Henry Foster: Cricketer Of The Year, 1911'. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- ^ Sale Particulars for those estates in 1913 and 1919.
External links
- Media related to Harry Foster (cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Foster at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Harry Foster at ESPNcricinfo
- Wisden Obituary : Henry Foster