Henry Blair Mayne (23 August 1813 – 17 January 1892) was an English lawyer and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1833 and 1849.[1]
Mayne was also notable as one of the group which helped to write the rules of Short Whist. He died at Brighton in Sussex in January 1892 aged 78.[2][5]
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Mayne played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1833 and 1849, for a variety of teams. He made his first-class debut in 1833 for the Gentlemen of Kent before playing four times for Oxford University between 1834 and 1838. He played for a Kent team in 1835, before the foundation of the County Club, and went on to play once for Kent County Cricket Club in 1844. He made seven appearances for MCC, four for the Gentlemen of Kent and one for the Gentlemen of England.[6] He played regularly in club cricket for I Zingari and MCC as well as for other sides, including Bramshill in Hampshire.[1][5]
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^It is not known how many balls Mayne bowled in first-class cricket or how many runs he conceded. Scorecards from the time he played did not always fully record a bowler's analysis.
henry, mayne, henry, blair, mayne, august, 1813, january, 1892, english, lawyer, amateur, cricketer, played, first, class, cricket, between, 1833, 1849, mayne, photographed, 1861personal, informationfull, namehenry, blair, mayneborn, 1813, august, 1813limpsfie. Henry Blair Mayne 23 August 1813 17 January 1892 was an English lawyer and amateur cricketer who played first class cricket between 1833 and 1849 1 Henry MayneMayne photographed in 1861Personal informationFull nameHenry Blair MayneBorn 1813 08 23 23 August 1813Limpsfield SurreyDied17 January 1892 1892 01 17 aged 78 Brighton SussexDomestic team informationYearsTeam1834 1838Oxford UniversityFC debut12 August 1833 Gentlemen of Kent v MCCLast FC23 August 1849 Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of EnglandCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 18Runs scored 130Batting average 5 65100s 50s 0 0Top score 17Balls bowled a Wickets 5Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 010 wickets in match 0Best bowling 3 Catches stumpings 7 Source CricInfo 28 August 2020 Contents 1 Life 2 Cricketer 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksLife editMayne was born at Limpsfield in Surrey in 1813 the son of the Rev Robert Mayne and his wife Charlotte He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church Oxford where he matriculated in 1831 graduating B A in 1835 M A in 1838 At school Mayne was a rower continuing to row at stroke at Christ Church where he also played cricket for the University side He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1845 From 1850 he served as a Clerk in the Private Bills Office of the House of Commons becoming the Head of the office in 1870 2 3 1 4 Mayne was also notable as one of the group which helped to write the rules of Short Whist He died at Brighton in Sussex in January 1892 aged 78 2 5 Cricketer editMayne played in 18 first class cricket matches between 1833 and 1849 for a variety of teams He made his first class debut in 1833 for the Gentlemen of Kent before playing four times for Oxford University between 1834 and 1838 He played for a Kent team in 1835 before the foundation of the County Club and went on to play once for Kent County Cricket Club in 1844 He made seven appearances for MCC four for the Gentlemen of Kent and one for the Gentlemen of England 6 He played regularly in club cricket for I Zingari and MCC as well as for other sides including Bramshill in Hampshire 1 5 Notes edit It is not known how many balls Mayne bowled in first class cricket or how many runs he conceded Scorecards from the time he played did not always fully record a bowler s analysis References edit a b c Carlaw D 2020 Kent County Cricketers A to Z Part One 1806 1914 revised edition pp 381 382 Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians Retrieved 2020 12 21 a b Henry Mayne CricInfo Retrieved 2018 12 16 Foster Joseph 1888 1892 Mayne Henry Blair Alumni Oxonienses the Members of the University of Oxford 1715 1886 Oxford Parker and Co via Wikisource Pavilion Gossip Cricket a weekly record of the game 1892 p 8 Retrieved 2020 07 28 a b Henry Blair Mayne Obituaries in 1892 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1893 Retrieved 2018 12 16 Henry Mayne CricketArchive Retrieved 2018 12 16 External links editHenry Mayne at ESPNcricinfo Portraits of Henry Blair Mayne at the National Portrait Gallery London nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1810s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Mayne amp oldid 1206893429, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
