Harry Bass (cricketer)

Henry John Bass (14 October 1852 – 24 January 1904) was an English cricket groundsman who played three first-class cricket matches between 1871 and 1875.^[1] Bass played for Kent County Cricket Club and was groundsman at the club's St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury for 25 years.^[2][3]

Bass was born in Canterbury in 1852, the son of a wood merchant, and lived all of his life in the city.^[3] He played twice for Kent in 1871 and appeared in one match in 1875 but scored only 11 runs in his six innings.^[3][4] He held the post of groundsman until his sudden death from a heart attack in January 1904 at the age of 51.^[2]

References

1. Harry Bass, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
2. Harry Bass, Obituaries in 1904, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1905. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
3. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 47–48. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
4. Harry Bass, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-03-24. (subscription required)

External links

• Harry Bass at ESPNcricinfo