About Henry Tindall
Lived 1863 – 1940 (aged 77). Henry Tindall was a British cricketer.
The Reverend Henry Charles Lenox Tindall (4 February 1863 – 10 June 1940) was a British head master, priest and world-record-holding track athlete; he was also an English first-class cricketer active 1893–95 who played for Kent. He was born in Margate and died in Peasmarsh.
Biography Tindall was born in Margate, Kent, on 4 February 1863 and was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge; while at university he ran and swam, and in 1884–1885 he was Cambridge quarter-mile champion. In 1889, he successfully defended his quarter–mile title at the 1889 AAA Championships, recording 48.5 seconds, a world record that also stood as a British amateur record until 1911.
After university he played Rugby for Rosalyn Park and in cricket appeared for Kent from 1893 to 1895.
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British cricketer (1863-1940)
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Henry Tindall was born on 4 February 1863.
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