Henry Eccles (4 March 1863 – 10 February 1931) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er active from 1885 to 1889 who played for

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

. He was born and died in

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. He appeared in six

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as a righthanded

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, scoring 40 runs with a highest score of 14, and held one catch.Henry Eccles at CricketArchive
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1863 births 1931 deaths English cricketers Lancashire cricketers Liverpool and District cricketers Cricketers from Liverpool {{england-cricket-bio-1860s-stub