Harry Few

Harry Gleaves Few JP (8 September 1848 – 9 April 1931) was an English first-class cricketer.

Harry Few

Personal information
Full name	Harry Gleaves Few
Born	8 September 1848[1] Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	9 April 1931(1931-04-09) (aged 82) Newnham, Cambridgeshire, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1866	Cambridgeshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 4 Batting average 1.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 4 Balls bowled 308 Wickets 8 Bowling average 21.25 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 5/72 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 March 2022

The son of Edward Few, he was born at the Cambridgeshire village of Willingham in September 1848.^[2] He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire, making his debut aged 17 against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1866.^[1] He had success in this match, taking a five wicket haul in the Cambridge University first innings with figures of 5 for 72 with his left-arm roundarm medium bowling.^[3] He made a second first-class match in the same season against Nottinghamshire, but did not appear for Cambridgeshire after.^[4] Across these two matches, he took 8 wickets at an average of 21.25.^[5] It was noted by Fred Lillywhite that Few generally fielded at slip or point.^[1]

Outside of cricket, Few was a merchant at Willingham and was a member of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.^[1][6] He was a justice of the peace for Cambridgeshire by 1912.^[7] He lived in a house built for him at 12 Grange Road and originally called "Berrycroft" (in 2023, the site was purchased by Cambridge University's Queens' College, to be used as student accommodation).^[8] Few died aged 82 in April 1931, following a period of long ill health.^[9]

References

1. Lillywhite, Frederick (1877). Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies. Vol. 9. Greenwich and Lewisham: W. H. Crockford. p. 19.
2. Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes. Vol. 47. Kelly's Directory. 1921. p. 621.
3. "Cambridge University v Cambridgeshire, 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Harry Few". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
5. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Harry Few". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
6. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Deighton Bell. 1899. p. 434.
7. The Municipal Year Book of the United Kingdom for 1914. Municipal Journal. 1914. p. 218.
8. "12 Grange Road: History". Queen's College Cambridge. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
9. Death of Ald H. G. Few. Saffron Walden Weekly News. 10 April 1931. p. 11

External links

• Harry Few at ESPNcricinfo