Henry Hildyard (cricketer)

Personal information
Full name	Henry Charles Thoroton Hildyard
Born	16 October 1824Flintham, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	14 September 1898(1898-09-14) (aged 73)Rowley, Yorkshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
1843–1846	Oxford University
1844	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
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 Clubagainst 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

^"Profile: Reverend Henry Charles Thoroton-Hildyard". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^Chetwynd-Stapylton, Henry Edward (1864). The Eton School Lists, from 1791 to 1850. E.P. Williams. p. 176.
^ ^a ^bFoster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Hildyard, Henry Charles Thoroton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
^ ^a ^b"First-Class Matches played by Henry Hildyard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^"First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Hildyard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

External links

Henry Hildyard at ESPNcricinfo

[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.

[OXON-3] Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Hildyard, Henry Charles Thoroton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.

[FCM-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.

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