Harry Killick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Harry Killick

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1837

Place of Birth: Crabtree, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1877

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Harry Killick

  • Harry Killick (13 July 1837 – 22 November 1877) was an English cricketer.
  • Killick was a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm roundarm medium.
  • He was born at Crabtree, Sussex. Killick made his first-class debut for Sussex against Surrey at The Oval in 1866.
  • Killick played first-class cricket for Sussex to 1875, making a total of forty appearances, the last of which came against Hampshire at the County Ground, Hove.
  • In his forty first-class appearances for the county, he scored 957 runs at an average of 14.07, with a high score of 78.
  • This score was his only half century for Sussex and came against Surrey in 1869.
  • With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 36.50, with best figures of 3/37.In addition to playing first-class cricket for Sussex, Killick made first-class appearances for other teams.
  • He made a single first-class appearance for a Left Handed team against a Right Handed at Lord's in 1870, a match in which he recorded his only other first-class half century with a score of 55.
  • In that same year he made a single appearance for the Players of the South against the Gentlemen of the South at The Oval, as well as making his first appearance for a United South of England Eleven against a United North of England Eleven.
  • He made a second appearance for the United South of England Eleven against Yorkshire in 1874.
  • As well as playing the game, Killick also umpired it, standing in nineteen first-class matches from 1873 1877.He died at Brighton, Sussex, on 22 November 1877.
  • His nephew, Ernest Killick, also played first-class cricket.

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