Henry Wyche Andrews (4 October 1821 – 13 December 1865) was an English amateur

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er who played matches for

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and a variety of amateur Gentlemen's sides, including the Gentlemen of Kent,

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and an England side. He played between 1849 and 1863 with many of his appearances taking place either during

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s, a major social event in the south-east of England, or at

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.Henry Andrews
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22. . Andrews was born at Eling in

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in 1821.Henry Andrews

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. Retrieved 2017-03-19. His parents Joshua and Elizabeth Andrews moved to

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, then a village in north-west

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, and he was educated at Blackheath Propriety School. He was one of the founders of Blackheath Paragon Cricket Club which played on the heath.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 28–29.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)History
Blackheath Cricket Club. Retrieved 2019-12-27. As a cricketer he was known as a hard hitter of a cricket ball, favouring playing to the

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. He made his

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debut for the Gentlemen of Kent during the 1849 Canterbury Week as a

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. In total he played in 41 first-class matches, playing intermittently for Kent between 1854 and 1863 as well as making appearances for amateur sides. He took 31 catches and made eight

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s in first-class matches. Unusually Andrews played wearing spectacles, including whilst he was keeping wicket, is reported to have developed an innovative outfit for keeping wicket in consisting of a waistcoat attached to trousers, allowing him to "dispense with belt as well as braces".Cricket Fashions, ''

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'', 1936-08-21, p.13. ''The Times'' reported in 1936 that "he was so chaffed ... that he never wore it again in public". Andrews lived at

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in KentList of subscribers of £2,000 and upwards to the railway subscription
14th Volume - Railways, ''Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 38'', p.8. House of Commons: 1846. Retrieved 2018-09-22. and was a member of the

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. He married Harriet Terrey, the couple having 11 sons one of whom,

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, played first-class cricket for

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between 1888 and 1892.Walter Andrews
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-22. Andrews died at Dulwich Common in

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in 1865 aged 44.Deaths, ''

'', 1865-12-18, p.1.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Henry English cricketers Kent cricketers 1821 births 1865 deaths Gentlemen of the South cricketers Gentlemen of Kent cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex cricketers People from Totton and Eling Cricketers from Hampshire