Cecil Perry

Cecil Thomas Henry Perry (3 March 1846 – 4 August 1917) was a lawyer and a cricketer. He played first-class cricket in Australia for Tasmania and in New Zealand, where he practiced law, for Canterbury.

Born at Battery Point in Hobart in 1846, Perry was educated at Hobart High School. His father, who had been born in England, was a lawyer. He first played for Tasmania as a 16-year old in matches against the touring English team led by HH Stephenson, the first English side to tour Australia and New Zealand, and he played for Tasmanian and South of Tasmania sides in matches throughout the 1860s and in club cricket for the Derwent club in Hobart.

Perry's only first-class match for Tasmania was a February 1869 fixture against Victoria played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After being run out without scoring in his first innings, he scored 13 runs in his second, opening the Tasmanian batting.

Married with no children, Perry died at Timaru in 1917. He was aged 71.