Henry Tubb

Henry Tubb

Personal information
Full name	Henry Tubb
Born	16 June 1851 Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Died	8 February 1924(1924-02-08) (aged 72) Chesterton, Oxfordshire, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm roundarm medium
Relations	Sir William Style (brother-in-law) John Stratton (brother-in-law) Eustace Mordaunt (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1873–1877	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 93 Batting average 10.33 100s/50s –/– Top score 24 Balls bowled 48 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2021

Henry Tubb (16 June 1851 – 8 February 1924) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of Henry Michael Tubb, he was born at Bicester in February 1851 and was educated at Rugby School.[1] A keen cricketer, Tubb played club cricket for Bicester Cricket Club.[2] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1873 and 1877, making five appearances all against Oxford University at Oxford.[3] Described by Scores and Biographies as a "good batsman" and a "middle-paced round-armed bowler",[4] he scored 93 runs in his five first-class matches, with a highest score of 24,[5] while going wicket-less with the ball.[6] Tubb was dismissed caught in unusual fashion in a club match when he struck a ball into the air, which then hit a swift and fell into the hands of a fielder.[7] A well known figure in Oxfordshire cricket, Tubb was a founding member of the original Oxfordshire County Cricket Club and presided over its second public meeting in March 1891 at the Clarendon Hotel, during which he was elected a vice-president of the county club.[8] Outside of cricket, he worked in Bicester as a banker.[4] Tubb died at Chesterton in February 1924, following a short illness;[9] the month before his death he had been elected president of the Oxfordshire Agricultural Society.[10]

References

1. Rugby School Register. Vol. 2. Rugby: A. J. Lawrence. 1881. p. 151.
2. "Teams Henry Tubb played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Tubb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
4. Lillywhite, Frederick; Haygarth, Arthur (1878). Cricket scores and Biographies. Vol. 11. London: Longmans & Co. p. 90.
5. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Tubb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
6. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Henry Tubb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
7. Ward, Anthony (2015). Cricket's Strangest Matches. London: Pavilion Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-1910232453.
8. "Oxford County Club". Cricket. Vol. 10. 26 March 1891. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
9. Death of Mr. Henry Tebb. Bicester's Loss. Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette. 15 February 1924. p. 23
10. Oxford County Show Mr. Henry Tubb Elected President. Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette. 18 January 1924. p. 8

External links

• Henry Tubb at ESPNcricinfo