Batting style Right-handed Role Cricket Player Name Henry Kingscote | 1867 Kent 1877 Gloucestershire | |
Full name Henry Bloomfield Kingscote Born 28 February 1843 ( 1843-02-28 ) Kingscote, Gloucestershire, England Relations Arthur Kingscote (cousin), Henry Kingscote (uncle) 1868–1878 Marylebone Cricket Club Died August 1, 1915, Westminster, United Kingdom | ||
Henry Bloomfield Kingscote (28 February 1843 – 1 August 1915) was an English cricketer. Kingscote was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
Kingscote played 12 first-class matches, spread throughout a career that lasted 11 years. He represented Kent in a single first-class match in 1867, the Marylebone Cricket Club on 7 occasions between 1868 and 1878, the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club once in 1868 and Gloucestershire 3 times in 1877. His final first-class match came for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. In his 12 first-class matches, he scored 91 runs at a batting average of 5.68 and a high score of 44*. Behind the stumps he took 12 catches and made 8 stumpings.
Kingscote died at Westminster, London on 1 August 1915.
Family
Kingscote's cousin Arthur Kingscote and uncle Henry Kingscote also played first-class cricket.