Harry Baldwin

Harry Baldwin (27 November 1860 – 12 January 1935) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire. Playing first-class cricket for Hampshire as an off break bowler between 1877 and 1905, he took 580 wickets in 150 matches for the county, forming a prolific partnership with Thomas Soar. As an umpire, he stood in 62 matches between 1892 and 1909.

Cricket and umpiring careers Baldwin was born to a cricketing family at Wokingham in November 1860. He made his debut as an off break bowler in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Derbyshire at Southampton in 1877. Ten years would pass before he next played for Hampshire in 1887, by which time they had lost their first-class status. It was during Hampshire's period as a second-class county that he established his opening bowling partnership with Thomas Soar. at an average of 15.77 from seventeen matches. This tally included thirteen five wicket hauls and two ten wicket hauls in a match. Such was his partnership with Soar in 1895, that the pair took 191 of the 260 wickets Hampshire took in the season. against Yorkshire in a ran-affected match in which there was no play on the first day and was concluded on the second with a Yorkshire victory, after Hampshire had been bowled out for scores of 42 and 36 in response to Yorkshire's 157. With play on the second day lasting six hours, it remains as of the only match in Hampshire's history to be concluded in a day. The lone day's play did not cover the expenses of playing the match, with the committee having to help raise just under £250 for his benefit. Later in the season, he took his career best match figures of 15 for 142 against Sussex, which is the fourth-best match return for a Hampshire bowler as of . He did not subsequently play for Hampshire for the next two seasons, at a time when the fielded what is considered its weakest side. A lower order batsman, a score of 55 not out made in the 1905 County Championship against Worcestershire, with Baldwin sharing in a tenth wicket partnership of 87 with David Steele. Alongside his playing career, he also stood as an umpire from 1892 to 1909, standing in 62 matches; 58 of these came between 1907 and 1909.

Outside of cricket, he was involved in the family coachbuilding business at Hartley Wintney. Baldwin died at his home in Hartley Wintney in January 1935, following a long illness. His son, Herbert, played first-class cricket for Surrey and stood as a Test match umpire.