Henry Nicholson (cricketer)

Henry Wheeler Lloyd Nicholson (1832 – 20 January 1858) was an English cricketer. Nicholson's batting and bowling styles are unknown.

Henry Nicholson

Personal information
Full name	Henry Wheeler Lloyd Nicholson
Born	1832 England
Died	20 January 1858 (aged 25–26) Malta
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1853–1855	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 19 Runs scored 399 Batting average 11.73 100s/50s –/– Top score 41 Balls bowled 64+ Wickets 5 Bowling average ? 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/? Catches/stumpings 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 March 2012

Nicholson made his first-class debut for Sussex against Nottinghamshire in 1853. He made ten further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Kent in 1855.^[1] In his eleven first-class appearances for the county, he scored 272 runs at an average of 14.31, with a high score of 41.^[2] Nicholson also played first-class cricket for a handful of other teams. He played three matches for the Gentlemen of England, two matches for the Surrey Club (who he took his five first-class wickets for),^[3] and a match each for the South of England and a United England Eleven.^[1]

Nicholson died on the Mediterranean island of Malta on 20 January 1858.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Nicholson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Nicholson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Henry Nicholson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

External links

Media related to Henry Nicholson (cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons

• Henry Nicholson at ESPNcricinfo
• Henry Nicholson at CricketArchive