Harry Fox (sportsman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harry Fox (sportsman)

English cricketer for Somerset

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1856

Place of Birth: Tone Dale House, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1888

Profession: cricketer, rugby union player

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henry "Harry" Fox (30 September 1856 – on or after 30 August 1888) was an English businessman, sportsman, and adventurer.
He played cricket and rugby for his county, and began climbing mountains in the mid-1880s.
He was part of the Fox family of Wellington, Somerset, and was a partner in the family business, Fox Brothers, a prominent textile manufacturer. Fox played and financed cricket and rugby in Somerset; he played cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club from 1877 to 1882, and remained as a vice-president of the club until his death.
He founded Wellington Rugby Football Club in 1874, and was an administrator and captain of the Somerset Rugby Football Union.
After retiring as a rugby player, he continued to take part as an umpire.
In 1884 he started mountaineering, and within two years he was well known in the mountain climbing community, and a well-regarded alpine explorer.
In 1888, he and William Frederick Donkin travelled to the Caucasus Mountains in the Russian Empire in a bid to be the first ones to climb Koshtan-Tau.
The pair, along with their Swiss guides, died in an accident during the expedition.