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Herbert White

b. 1830

English cricketer and clergyman (1830-?)

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Born 1830. Herbert White was a British cricketer.

Herbert Southey White (August 1830 – 17 May 1863) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in six first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University in 1851 and 1852. He was born at Tivetshall, Norfolk and died at Tunstead, also in Norfolk.

White was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was a Rustat Scholar, taking advantage of a fund for the sons of deceased clergy. He played cricket as a middle- or lower-order batsman, though it is not known whether he was right- or left-handed. He top-scored with an unbeaten 28 for Cambridge in the match against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) preceding the 1851 University Match against Oxford University, but failed to be picked for his Blue. The following season, despite being unsuccessful in other matches, he was picked for the University Match, where he made scores of 5 and 7 in a heavy defeat for his side, which played one man short (10 players against Oxford's 11).

White graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1853; this converted to a Master of Arts in 1857.

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1830
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Education
Jesus College, King Edward VI Church of England Voluntary Controlled Upper School
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Herbert Southey White

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English cricketer and clergyman (1830-?)

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Herbert White was born in 1830.

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Herbert White was a cricketer.

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Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Herbert White

Β· Wikidata: Q39089761

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