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Sir Henry Plowden
Personal information
Full name	Henry Meredyth Plowden
Born	26 September 1840; Sylhet, Assam, British India
Died	8 January 1920 (aged 79); Sunninghill, Berkshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm roundarm off break
Domestic team information
1860–1863	Cambridge University
1863–1866	Marylebone Cricket Club
1865	Hampshire
Career statistics
Matches	15
Runs scored	248
Batting average	13.05
100s/50s	0/1
Top score	69*
Balls bowled	1,173
Wickets	56
Bowling average	12.83
5 wickets in innings	5
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	7/25
Catches/stumpings	10/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2010

Latest revision as of 23:04, 9 December 2022

Sir Henry Meredyth Chichele Plowden (26 September 1840 – 8 January 1920) was an English first-class cricketer.^[1] Plowden was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm off break. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2]

Cricket career[edit]

Plowden made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Cambridge Town Club in 1860 and represented Cambridge University in ten first-class matches from 1860 to 1863, with his final first-class match for the university coming against Oxford University in 1863.^[1] In his ten matches for the university, Plowden scored 139 runs at an average of 11.58, making a single half century which yielded his highest first-class score of 69*. With the ball he took 44 wickets at a bowling average of 10.58, with best figures of 7-25, one of four five-wicket hauls for the university. He also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1863 against Oxford University. In 1865 he made his debut for Hampshire, playing a single first-class match for the county against Surrey. He made scores of 34 and 3 and took two wickets in this game. Plowden's final first-class match came in 1866 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire.

Overall Plowden played 15 first-class matches, scoring 248 runs at an average of 13.05, with a top score of 69*. With the ball he took 56 wickets at a bowling average of 12.83, with best figures of 7/25 which was one of five five-wicket hauls.

Law career[edit]

Plowden was the Government Advocate at Lahore from 1870 to 1877 and Judge of the Chief Court in the Punjab from 1877 to 1894.^[2] He died at Sunninghill, Berkshire on 8 January 1920.

Family[edit]

He was born in Sylhet, the son of George Augustus Chichele Plowden (1810–1871) and Charlotte Elise née Robertson (1821–1862). In 1887 he married Helen Beadon, daughter of Sir Cecil Beadon (1816–1880) and his second wife Agnes née Sterndale (1836–1906). They had two daughters Sheila Meredyth Chichele Plowden (1888–?) and Joan Meredith Chichele Plowden (1890–1975).

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Henry Plowden". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Henry Plowden". p. 139. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

Rao, C. Hayavadana (1915). "Plowden, Sir Henry Meredyth" . The Indian Biographical Dictionary . Pillar & Co., Madras – via Wikisource.

External links[edit]

Henry Plowden at ESPNcricinfo

[ca-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Henry Plowden". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[venn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Henry Plowden". p. 139. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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-Plowden made his first-class debut for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] against [[Cambridge Town Club]] in 1860 and represented Cambridge University in ten first-class matches from 1860 to 1863, with his final first-class match for the University coming against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1863.<ref name="ca"/> In his ten matches for the University, Plowden scored 139 runs at an [[Batting average (cricket)|average]] of 11.58, making a single half century which yielded his highest first-class score of 69[[not out|*]]. With the ball he took 44 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 10.58, with best figures of 7-25, one of four five-wicket hauls for the University. He also played for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1863 against Oxford University. In 1865 he made his debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], playing a single first-class match for the county against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. He made scores of 34 and 3 and took two wickets in this game. Plowden's final first-class match came in 1866 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire.
+Plowden made his first-class debut for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] against [[Cambridge Town Club]] in 1860 and represented Cambridge University in ten first-class matches from 1860 to 1863, with his final first-class match for the university coming against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1863.<ref name="ca"/> In his ten matches for the university, Plowden scored 139 runs at an [[Batting average (cricket)|average]] of 11.58, making a single half century which yielded his highest first-class score of 69[[not out|*]]. With the ball he took 44 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 10.58, with best figures of 7-25, one of four five-wicket hauls for the university. He also played for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1863 against Oxford University. In 1865 he made his debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], playing a single first-class match for the county against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. He made scores of 34 and 3 and took two wickets in this game. Plowden's final first-class match came in 1866 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Hampshire.
 Overall Plowden played 15 first-class matches, scoring 248 runs at an [[Batting average (cricket)|average]] of 13.05, with a top score of 69[[not out|*]]. With the ball he took 56 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 12.83, with best figures of 7/25 which was one of five five-wicket hauls.