About Henry Potts
Lived 1925 – 2011 (aged 86). Henry Potts was a cricketer and association football player.
Henry James Potts (23 January 1925 – 23 April 2011) was an English first-class cricketer and footballer.
Biography Potts was born at Carlisle in January 1925. After attending Stand Grammar School in Manchester he went up to Keble College, Oxford.
While studying at Oxford, Potts played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1949 and 1950, making nine appearances. He made his highest score of 50 batting at No. 7 in Oxford's victory over Leicestershire in 1950. In Oxford's victory over Middlesex in 1949 he opened the batting, scoring 47 and 49 in first-wicket partnerships of 90 and 104 with Murray Hofmeyr.
Potts was also an association football winger, appearing for Oxford University and gaining a blue.
Potts died in the Narrabeen suburb of Sydney on 23 April 2011, at the age of 86.
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Who was Henry Potts?
English cricketer and footballer
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Henry Potts was born on 23 January 1925 in Carlisle.
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Henry Potts died on 23 April 2011 in Narrabeen, Sydney.
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Henry Potts was a cricketer and association football player.
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