Henry Banyard Saunders (29 December 1841 — 18 March 1904) was an

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er and businessman. The son of William Saunders senior, and his wife, Elizabeth, he was born in December 1841 at

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, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at the Llandaff House school in

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. A leading cricketer in Cambridgeshire in the mid-1860s, he played

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for

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on nine occasions in 1864 and 1865. Saunders was a versatile cricketer who could bat, bowl and keep wicket. He scored 151 runs in his nine first-class matches, at

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of 10.06 and with a highest score of 39. As an occasional bowler and wicket-keeper, he took a single wicket and made two

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s. He later resided at

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, where he was the director of a mineral water company, which by August 1894 had been entered into bankruptcy. Saunders died at Liverpool in March 1904. His brother, William junior, was also a first-class cricketer.

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* 1841 births 1904 deaths People from Histon and Impington English cricketers Cambridge Town Club cricketers English businesspeople Cricketers from Cambridgeshire {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub