Henry Andrews Cricketer - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Henry Andrews Cricketer
- Henry Wyche Andrews (4 October 1821 – 13 December 1865) was an English amateur cricketer who played matches for Kent County Cricket Club and a variety of amateur Gentlemen's sides, including the Gentlemen of Kent, Gentlemen of England and an England side.
- He played between 1849 and 1863 with many of his appearances taking place either during Canterbury Cricket Weeks, a major social event in the south-east of England, or at Lord's.Andrews was born at Eling in Hampshire in 1821.
- He made his first-class cricket debut for the Gentlemen of Kent during the 1849 Canterbury Week as a wicket-keeper.
- In total he played in 41 first-class matches, taking 31 catches and making eight stumpings.
- Andrews is reported to have developed an innovative outfit for keeping wicket in consisting of a waistcoat attached to trousers, allowing his to "dispense with belt as well as braces".
- The Times reported in 1936 that "he was so chaffed ...
- that he never wore it again in public".Andrews lived at Blackheath Park in Kent and died at Dulwich Common in Surrey in 1865 aged 44.
- One of his sons, Walter, played first-class cricket for Sussex between 1888 and 1892.
