Henry Holland was an English cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 from 1807 to 1825 for Hampshire

Hampshire county cricket teams

Hampshire county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that...

, making 6 known appearances.

Career

Holland played his first match for Hampshire on 25 May 1807 against All-England

All-England Eleven

In cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...

 at Lord's Old Ground

Lord's Old Ground

Lord's Old Ground was a cricket venue in London that was established by Thomas Lord in 1787. It was used mainly by Marylebone Cricket Club for major cricket matches until 1810, after which a dispute about rent caused Lord to relocate.-Matches:...

. Batting at nine, he scored four and one not out as All-England won by 47 runs. Holland did not play another game for Hampshire for ten years until the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

 faced Hampshire at Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...

 on 6 August 1817. During this match Holland batted at three, scoring his career best 27, following by two in the second innings, and taking two catches.

Holland's final four matches came at more regular intervals. He met the MCC while playing for Godalming Cricket Club

Godalming Cricket Club

Godalming Cricket Club is based at Godalming, Surrey, and was briefly a major cricket team, playing 12 known first-class matches from 1821 to 1825. Its home ground then was The Burys but is now Holloway Hill recreation ground....

, first on 27 June 1822, scoring five and eight down the order, and a second time on 1 July that same year, scoring six not out and five. He played for Hampshire against All-England on 14 August 1823, scoring 11 and 10, and against Godalming on 27 June 1825, scoring 11 in a three day match in which he opened the batting.

External links

• Player Profile: Henry Holland from Cricket Archive