Henry Murray (cricketer)
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| Full name | Henry Lade Murray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1907 British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 May 1979 (aged 71) Tonbridge, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936/37–1938/39 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry Lade Murray (31 May 1907 – 25 May 1979) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of J. M. Murray, he was born in British India in May 1907. He was educated at Haileybury College, before matriculating to Brasenose College, Oxford.[1] After graduating from Oxford, Murray went to India where he was employed by the cotton millers of Mackinnon & Mackenzie.[1] 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.[2] Playing as a left-arm medium pace bowler, he took 21 wickets at an average of 21.95; he took one five wicket haul,[3] with figures of 5 for 35 against the Cricket Club of India at the Brabourne Stadium in 1937.[4] Murray served in the British Indian Army during the Second World War, being given an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in June 1940.[5] Following the war and 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.[1] He later returned to England, where he died at Tonbridge in May 1979, shortly before his 72nd birthday.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Reed, Sir Stanley (1958). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Bombay: Times of India Press. p. 1197.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Murray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Henry Murray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling Against Each Opponent Henry Murray". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "No. 34954". The London Gazette. 27 September 1940. p. 5724.
- ^ "Mr Heny Lade Murray". Kent & Sussex Courier. Royal Tunbridge Wells. 31 August 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.