Harry Gleaves Few JP (8 September 1848 – 9 April 1931) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Harry Gleaves Few | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1848[1] Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 April 1931 (aged 82) Newnham, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm roundarm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1866 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Edward Few, he was born at the Cambridgeshire village of Willingham in September 1848.[2] He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire, making his debut aged 17 against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1866.[1] He had success in this match, taking a five wicket haul in the Cambridge University first innings with figures of 5 for 72 with his left-arm roundarm medium bowling.[3] He made a second first-class match in the same season against Nottinghamshire, but did not appear for Cambridgeshire after.[4] Across these two matches, he took 8 wickets at an average of 21.25.[5] It was noted by Fred Lillywhite that Few generally fielded at slip or point.[1]
Outside of cricket, Few was a merchant at Willingham and was a member of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.[1][6] He was a justice of the peace for Cambridgeshire by 1912.[7] He lived in a house built for him at 12 Grange Road and originally called "Berrycroft" (in 2023, the site was purchased by Cambridge University's Queens' College, to be used as student accommodation).[8] Few died aged 82 in April 1931, following a period of long ill health.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Lillywhite, Frederick (1877). Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies. Vol. 9. Greenwich and Lewisham: W. H. Crockford. p. 19.
- ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes. Vol. 47. Kelly's Directory. 1921. p. 621.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Cambridgeshire, 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Harry Few". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Harry Few". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Deighton Bell. 1899. p. 434.
- ^ The Municipal Year Book of the United Kingdom for 1914. Municipal Journal. 1914. p. 218.
- ^ "12 Grange Road: History". Queen's College Cambridge. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Death of Ald H. G. Few. Saffron Walden Weekly News. 10 April 1931. p. 11