Henry Langley (cricketer)

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Henry Langley
Personal information
Full nameHenry Fitzroy James Langley
Born(1846-12-08)8 December 1846
Westminster, London
Died 20 December 1884(1884-12-20) (aged 38)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Batting Unknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches2
Runs scored4
Batting average 2.00
100s/50s0/0
Top score4
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 December 2014

Henry Fitzroy James Langley (8 December 1846 – 20 November 1884) was an English cricketer who played two first-class cricket matches during the 1866 Canterbury Cricket Week. [1] In the first of the two matches, he appeared for I Zingari, a wandering amateur cricket club, playing as a specialist batsman, albeit low in the batting order. He scored four runs in the match, although he was not out without scoring in the second innings. [2] In his following match, he batted as number eleven for the Marylebone Cricket Club, and made a duck in the first innings, before once again remaining not out without scoring in the second innings. [3] He continued to play for I Zingari on a number of occasions between 1866 and 1878. [4] He made his highest score for the club in an 1871 match against Huntingdonshire, when he remained 27 not out. [5] He served in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. [6] He died in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 20 November 1884. [7]

Cricket Team sport played with bats and balls

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

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Canterbury Cricket Week

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References

  1. "First-class matches played by Henry Langley (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. "Gentlemen of the South v I Zingari: Other First-Class matches in England 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. "Gentlemen of Kent v Marylebone Cricket Club: Other First-Class matches in England 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. "Miscellaneous matches played by Henry Langley (15)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  5. "Huntingdonshire v I Zingari: Other matches in England 1871". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. "No. 24066". The London Gazette . 17 February 1874. pp. 691–691.
  7. "Player profile: Henry Langley". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 27 December 2014.