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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Henry Murray
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Henry Lade Murray
| birth_date = 31 May 1907
| birth_place = [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|5|25|1907|5|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Tonbridge]], [[Kent]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1936/37–1938/39
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 61
| bat avg1 = 7.62
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 18
| deliveries1 = 1,001
| wickets1 = 21
| bowl avg1 = 21.95
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 5/35
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 7 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/henry-murray-31178 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Henry Lade Murray''' (31 May 1907 – 25 May 1979) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er.

The son of J. M. Murray, he was born in [[British India]] in May 1907. He was educated at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|Haileybury College]], before matriculating to [[Brasenose College, Oxford]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|first=Sir Stanley|last=Reed|date=1958|page=1197|publisher=Times of India Press|location=[[Mumbai|Bombay]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpAjAQAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> After graduating from Oxford, Murray went to India where he was employed by the cotton millers of Mackinnon & Mackenzie.<ref name="BOOK"/> While in India, he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on six occasions between December 1936 and November 1938, primarily in the [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14187/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Murray|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium pace bowler]], he took 21 wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 21.95; he took one [[five wicket haul]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14187/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Henry Murray|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> with figures of 5 for 35 against the [[Cricket Club of India]] at the [[Brabourne Stadium]] in 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14187/f_Bowling_by_Opponent.html|title=First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent Henry Murray|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Murray served in the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Second World War]], being given an emergency commission as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in June 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34954|date=27 September 1940|page=5724}}</ref> Following the war and [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence in 1947]], Murray remained in India and became president of the [[Bombay Chamber of Commerce]], acting in that capacity in 1958 and 1959.<ref name="BOOK"/> He later returned to England, where he died at [[Tonbridge]] in May 1979, shortly before his 72nd birthday.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003666/19790831/010/0010|title=Mr Heny Lade Murray|work=[[Kent & Sussex Courier]]|location=[[Royal Tunbridge Wells]]|page=10|date=31 August 1979|access-date=7 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31178}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Henry}}
[[Category:1907 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College]]
[[Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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