About Henry Brenchley
Lived 1828 – 1887 (aged 58). Henry Brenchley was a British cricketer.
Henry Brenchley (30 September 1828 – 24 February 1887) was an English army officer and amateur cricketer. He played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1854 and 1857. He was born at Milton-next-Gravesend in Kent and died at Dover in 1887 aged 58.
He was the youngest son of John Brenchley of Wombwell Hall, Northfleet parish, Kent, and his wife Mary Rachel Harman; Thomas Harman Brenchley was his elder brother. He joined the Royal Navy, but then took over the commission in the 31st Foot of another elder brother who had been killed. He retired with the rank of captain.
Brenchley played as a tail-end batsman in each of his three first-class games and made only 17 runs in five innings without bowling.
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British cricketer (1828-1887)
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Henry Brenchley died on 24 February 1887.
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