Patsy Hendren
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Full name | Elias Henry Hendren[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Turnham Green, Middlesex | 5 February 1889|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 October 1962 Tooting Bec, London | (aged 73)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 181) | 17 December 1920 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 18 March 1935 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 6 December 2019 |
Elias Henry Hendren (5 February 1889 – 4 October 1962), known as Patsy Hendren, was an English
Early years
Hendren joined the
Career
Returning to cricket in 1919 Hendren scored 1,655 runs and averaged over 60, as he was to do the following year as well. He was a strong player of fast bowling. He was made a
1923 was a productive year for Hendren, as he scored 3,010 runs in the season including 13 centuries; he was recalled to the England side the following year and averaged 132.66 against
In 1929/30, Hendren went on tour with England to the West Indies: his 693 series runs came at an average of 115.50 and included his highest Test score, 205 not out at Port of Spain; his first-class average for the tour as a whole was 135.76. He made six consecutive Test 50s (77, 205 not out, 56, 123, 61 and 55) a new England record, since equalled by Ted Dexter, Ken Barrington and Alastair Cook. Returning to England, he managed a top score of only 72 against the Australians, but in 1933 he topped 3,000 runs for the third and final time at the age of 44 and made his highest score of 301 not out.
In 1933 he invented a sort of helmet. Against the West Indies at Lord's he appeared wearing a rubber hat or cap with three peaks, two of which fitted over the sides of his head. Although a competent hooker of fast bowling he felt he needed extra protection to face bowlers such as Martindale and Constantine.
He played his final Test match in 1934/1935 at
In 1919 he played in a Victory International for England. In retirement, he coached cricket at Harrow School (succeeding Wilfred Rhodes) and Sussex, and later acted as scorer for Middlesex (1952–1960). His health failed and he died in hospital from Alzheimer's disease at the Whittington Hospital Tooting Bec, London, at the age of 73. Seven years after his death, Hendren was the subject of a biography, titled 'Patsy' Hendren – The Cricketer and His Times.[3]
Football
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Position(s) | Wing Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1906–1907 | Sandersons | ||
1907 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | (0) |
1907–1908 | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
1908–1909 | Manchester City | 2 | (0) |
1909–1911 | Coventry City | 33 | (14) |
1911–1927 | Brentford | 399 | (69) |
Total | 435 | (83) | |
International career | |||
1919 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Early years
Hendren began his football career with local team Sandersons in 1906, before having spells with Queens Park Rangers and Brentford in the Southern League.[4][5] He was sold by Brentford to Manchester City in 1908 and appeared twice for them in the Football League First Division before moving on to Coventry City of the Southern League in October 1909. A successful first season saw Hendren make 29 appearances scoring 13 goals, but he was only to make 4 appearances in the 1910–11 season.[4]
Brentford
Aged 22 Hendren returned to Brentford for the 1911–12 season [6] Maintaining both cricket and football careers meant that Hendren sometimes missed the opening games of the season during this second stint with the club, although during the 1920–21 season he made only two appearances due to the 1920–21 Australian Tour and made no appearances in the 1924–25 season for the same reason.[6][7] He was chosen to represent the Southern League XI against the Football League XI during the 1913-14 season.[8] Brentford rose from the Southern League to the Football League during Hendren's 15 year period with the club, and he retired from football to commit himself to cricket aged 38 having made 432 appearances in total for the club, scoring 74 goals.[6] He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.[9]
International
Hendren made one appearance for England in the unofficial Victory International against Wales in October 1919.[10][11]
Personal
Patsy's brother
Football honours
Brentford
References
- ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City. Milton Keynes: Regal Sports Press. 3 November 2015. p. 62.
- OCLC 47569.
- ^ a b "Hendren Elias Patsy". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Seasonal Stats – Files – 1907–08". QPRnet. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ISBN 9780333010105.
- ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ Wickham, Chris (4 May 2015). "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ISBN 9780333010105.
- ^ "England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Denis Hendren". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Famous Catholic Cricketers: Internationals Interviewed". Catholic Press. 5 March 1925. p. 19 – via Trove.
- ISBN 0951526200.
External links
- Media related to Patsy Hendren at Wikimedia Commons
- Patsy Hendren at ESPNcricinfo