Summary
Henry Slater (23 February 1855 – 20 November 1916) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887.
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| Full name | Henry Slater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 February 1855 Heanor, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 November 1916 (aged 61) Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1882–1887 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 26 June 1882 Derbyshire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 28 July 1889 Derbyshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slater was born at Heanor, Derbyshire the son of James Slater and his wife Elizabeth Baimbridge.[1] He became a coal miner.[2]
He made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in the 1882 season in June against Lancashire in which he took a wicket but scored no runs. His next game was against Nottinghamshire in the 1885 season when again he took a wicket. In the 1886 season he played against MCC and took two catches. He played two first-class games in the 1887 season and took a wicket against Lancashire. He also played two non-status matches that season in one of which he scored 54, a contrast to the low single figures he managed in most of his games Slater was a right-hand batsman and played 9 innings in five first-class matches with a top score of 21 and an average of 5.57. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler and took 3 wickets with an average of 61.66.[3]
Slater married Sarah Ann Bestwick on 28 December 1878. Their sons Herbert Slater and Archibald Slater both played for Derbyshire. Slater died at Worksop, Nottinghamshire at the age of 61.