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Henry Mayne

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Henry Mayne
Mayne photographed in 1861
Personal information
Full name
Henry Blair Mayne
Born(1813-08-23)23 August 1813
Limpsfield, Surrey
Died17 January 1892(1892-01-17) (aged 78)
Brighton, Sussex
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1834–1838Oxford University
FC debut12 August 1833 Gentlemen of Kent v MCC
Last FC23 August 1849 Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 130
Batting average 5.65
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 17
Balls bowled ?[a]
Wickets 5
Bowling average ?
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/?
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: CricInfo, 28 August 2020

Henry Blair Mayne (23 August 1813 – 17 January 1892) was an English lawyer and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1833 and 1849.[1]

Life

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A son of the Rev. Robert Mayne, Rector of Limpsfield, by his wife Mrs Charlotte Cunningham née Graham, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1831 and graduated B.A. in 1835, proceeding M.A. in 1838. At school Mayne was a rower, continuing to row at stroke for Christ Church as well as playing first-class cricket for Oxford University.

Mayne studied law at the Middle Temple where he was called to the Bar in 1845. From 1850 he served as a Clerk in the Private Bills Office of the House of Commons, becoming its Principal Clerk in 1870.[2][3][1][4]

Mayne, notable among the group which helped to write the rules of Short Whist, died at Brighton in Sussex on 17 January 1892, aged 78.[2][5]

Cricketer

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Mayne played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1833 and 1849, for a variety of teams. He made his first-class debut in 1833 for the Gentlemen of Kent before playing four times for Oxford University between 1834 and 1838. He played for a Kent team in 1835, before the foundation of the County Club, and went on to play once for Kent County Cricket Club in 1844. He made seven appearances for MCC, four for the Gentlemen of Kent and one for the Gentlemen of England.[6] He played regularly in club cricket for I Zingari and MCC as well as for other sides, including Bramshill in Hampshire.[1][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ It is not known how many balls Mayne bowled in first-class cricket or how many runs he conceded. Scorecards from the time he played did not always fully record a bowler's analysis.

References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 381–382. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Henry Mayne, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Mayne, Henry Blair" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Pavilion Gossip, Cricket: a weekly record of the game, 1892, p.8. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Henry Blair Mayne, Obituaries in 1892, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1893. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  6. ^ Henry Mayne, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
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