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Henry Wilson Cairns (11 December 1842 – 16 December 1888) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1864–65 and 1869–70 seasons,[1] all against Canterbury. He had played for an Otago side of 22 players in February 1864 against a touring English side organised by George Parr but had not played in the inaugural first-class match in New Zealand earlier in the year.[2]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Henry Wilson Cairns |
Born | Falkirk, Scotland | 11 December 1842
Died | 16 December 1888 46) Dunedin, New Zealand | (aged
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Years | Team |
1864/65–1869/70 | Otago |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 May 2016 |
Cairns was born at Falkirk in Scotland in 1842. He worked as a salesman. His younger brother, Alexander Cairns, was also born in Scotland but educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. Cairns died in 1888 at Dunedin asylum.[3]
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