Henry Albert Boddington (15 June 1863 – 22 March 1938) was a New Zealand
cricket
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er.
Life and career
Boddington was educated at
Nelson College
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from 1877 to 1880. He worked in New Zealand branches of the
Bank of New South Wales
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for 40 years.
[
Boddington played ]first-class cricket
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for Nelson
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Arts and entertainment
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and Otago
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between 1880 and 1896. He was a batsman who made some useful scores in an era of very low scoring. His highest score was 46 in Otago's two-wicket victory over Canterbury
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in 1884–85. His 29, opening Nelson's first innings, was the highest score of the match when Nelson beat Wellington
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in 1887–88.
Boddington died at his home in the Christchurch
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suburb of Avonside
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History
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on 22 March 1938, and was buried at Bromley Cemetery
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. His wife (née Rutherford) had died two years earlier. Their three daughters and three sons survived them.
See also
* List of Otago representative cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Otago cricket team. Otago played its first representative match in January 1864 against Southland, before playing the first match in New Zealand which i ...
References
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1863 births
1938 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Nelson cricketers
Otago cricketers
People from Kaiapoi
People educated at Nelson College
Burials at Bromley Cemetery
Cricketers from Canterbury, New Zealand
Colony of New Zealand people