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{{short description|English cricketer and rugby union footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Henry Walter Joynt
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[St Giles on the Heath]], [[Devon]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]
| family =
| role =
| club1 = [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]]
| year1 = 1957/58
| club2 = [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]]
| year2 = 1954–1959
| club3 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year3 = 1952–1953
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 12
| runs1 = 280
| bat avg1 = 14.73
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 42[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 1,748
| wickets1 = 17
| bowl avg1 = 51.70
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/36
| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–
| date = 4 October
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15604.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Henry Walter Joynt''' (born 1 July 1931) is an English former first-class [[cricket]]er.

He was born at [[St Giles on the Heath]] in [[Devon]] in July 1931. Joynt was educated at [[Bradfield College]], where he played for the school cricket team from 1946 to 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13806/all_teams.html |title=Teams Henry Joynt played for |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> He carried out his [[National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939|National Service]] in the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1950.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39022|date=22 September 1950 |page=4739 |supplement=y}}</ref> The following year, upon completion of his National Service, Joynt was made a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the Royal Artillery.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39368|date=26 October 1951 |page=5991 |supplement=y}}</ref> Joynt studied at [[Trinity College, Oxford]], in the early 1950s. He made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1952 against [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] at [[University Parks#Cricket ground|Oxford]], playing eleven first-class matches for the university in 1952–1953.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13806/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Joynt |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> He scored 256 runs in his eleven matches, with the highest score of 42 [[not out]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13806/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Joynt |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> as a [[Seam bowling|medium pace]] bowler, Joynt took 13 wickets at a costly [[bowling average|average]] of 63.46, with best innings figures of 3/62.<ref name="FCB">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13806/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Henry Joynt |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> While studying at Trinity, Joynt played [[association football|football]] for [[Oxford University A.F.C.]], winning a [[Blue (university sport)#University of Oxford|Blue]] in the sport.<ref name="HIN">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/03/12/stories/13121286.htm|title=Breaking New Ground|last=Muthiah|first=S.|date=2001-03-12|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2018-10-04}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Having been made a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] in June 1952,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39583|date=24 June 1952 |page=3513 |supplement=y}}</ref> Joynt was given seniority in the rank in July 1954.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40223|date=6 July 1954 |page=3954 |supplement=y}}</ref> 1954 was also the year that he debuted for [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]] in [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]], an association he would keep until 1959, having played for the county in the [[Minor Counties Championship]] eighteen times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13806/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Henry Joynt |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> By 1955, Joynt was on the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army Reserve of Officers]] list, retaining the now permanent rank of Lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40639|date=22 November 1955 |page=6632 |supplement=y}}</ref> He later moved to India, where he made a final appearance in first-class cricket for [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] against a touring [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Ceylon]] team in 1958 at the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras Cricket Club Ground]].<ref name="FCM"/> He achieved his career-best bowling figures in this match, taking 4/36.<ref name="FCB"/> Joynt played [[rugby union]] for [[South India rugby union team|South India]] as a full-back and placekicker,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170108/sports/john-arenhold-the-south-african-rainbow-in-ceylon-cricket-and-rugby-223019.html|title=John Arenhold – The South African rainbow in Ceylon Cricket and Rugby|last=Wijeratne|first=Neil|date=2017-01-08|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> playing in the 1963 [[All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament]].<ref name="HIN"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=15604}}

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