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Jan 31, 1815 Died on 21 May 1869 (aged 54)
English lawyer and cricketer
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About Henry Oddie
- Henry Hoyle Oddie (31 January 1815 – 21 May 1869) was an English lawyer and landowner, and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1834 and 1836.
- He was born and died at Colney House, St Albans, in Hertfordshire. Oddie was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
- He played as a batsman in seven first-class matches for the Cambridge side over three seasons; he batted in the middle and lower order, though not with any success in any position as his highest score was just 14 and he averaged just 5.57 with the bat.
- There is no record that he bowled in first-class cricket.
- In 1836, he played in the University match against Oxford University, scoring 9 and 3 and taking his only recorded catch.Oddie graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1837 and was admitted to the Middle Temple the same year.
- By 1861, married and with six children and a large staff of servants, he was a farmer at Worth, West Sussex, though he later moved to the family home in Hertfordshire.
