William Henty
Personal information
Full name
William Henty
Born(1808-09-23)23 September 1808
West Tarring, Sussex, England
Died11 July 1881(1881-07-11) (aged 72)
Hove, Sussex, England
Bowlingunderarm
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1851–52Tasmania
First-class debut11 February 1851 Tasmania v Victoria
Last First-class29 March 1852 Tasmania v Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 1
Batting average 0.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 1
Balls bowled 224
Wickets 19
Bowling average 9.36
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/40
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: , 5 January 2011

William Henty (born 23 September 1808 in West Tarring, Sussex, England). He moved to Tasmania in 1837 and for over 20 years practised as a solicitor. In 1857 he was elected a member of the legislative council for Tamar and was colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet. He held this office for five and a half years until his resignation in 1862.[1]

He was also an Australian cricketer, who played two games for Tasmania in 1851. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, and having bowled the first ever ball in a first class cricket match in Australia. He opened the bowling for Tasmania in both innings, bowling right arm underarm, and took 4/52, and 5/26 for 9/78 for the match.

He returned to England in 1862, where he remained until his death on 11 July 1881 in Hove, Sussex, England at the age of 72.[2] He was survived by a daughter.

He was interested in Shakespeare and after his death a small volume by him, Shakespeare with some Notes on his early Biography, was printed for private circulation. This has little value but contains a memoir of the author by R. Harrison.

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References

  1. ↑ "William Henty". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Bassett, Marnie (1966). "Henty, William (1808–1881)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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