Henry Boddington
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{for|the English landscape painter|Henry John Boddington}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Henry Boddington
| image =
| country = New Zealand
| fullname = Henry Albert Boddington
| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|6|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kaiapoi, New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|3|22|1863|6|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| family = Edward Boddington (brother)
| batting =
| bowling =
| role = Batsman
| club1 = Nelson
| year1 = {{nowrap|1880/81–1887/88}}
| club2 = Otago
| year2 = {{nowrap|1883/84–1895/96}}
| type1 = FC
| debutdate1 = 30 December
| debutyear1 = 1880
| debutfor1 = Nelson
| debutagainst1 = Wellington
| lastdate1 = 15 February
| lastyear1 = 1896
| lastfor1 = Otago
| lastagainst1 = Canterbury
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 12
| runs1 = 257
| bat avg1 = 12.23
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 46
| deliveries1 = 68
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| date = 21 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36475.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
Henry Albert Boddington (15 June 1863 – 22 March 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer.
Life and career
Boddington was educated at Nelson College from 1877 to 1880.{{cite book | chapter=Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005 | title=Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 | year=2006 | edition=6th | type=CD-ROM}} He worked in New Zealand branches of the Bank of New South Wales for 40 years.
Boddington played first-class cricket for Nelson and Otago between 1880 and 1896.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36475.html |title=Henry Boddington |access-date=6 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was a batsman who made some useful scores in an era of very low scoring. His highest score was 46 in Otago's two-wicket victory over Canterbury in 1884–85.{{cite web |title=Otago v Canterbury 1884-85 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2923.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=19 September 2020}} His 29, opening Nelson's first innings, was the highest score of the match when Nelson beat Wellington in 1887–88.{{cite web |title=Nelson v Wellington 1887-88 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3285.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=19 September 2020}}
Boddington died at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Avonside on 22 March 1938,{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19380323.2.4 |title=Deaths |date=23 March 1938 |work=The Press |access-date=4 May 2019 |page=1}} and was buried at Bromley Cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=105108 |title=Cemeteries database |publisher=Christchurch City Council |access-date=4 May 2019}} His wife (née Rutherford) had died two years earlier. Their three daughters and three sons survived them.{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Mr. H. A. Boddington |journal=Ashburton Guardian |date=24 March 1938 |page=6 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19380324.2.34}}
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Category:New Zealand cricketers
Category:Sportspeople from Kaiapoi
Category:People educated at Nelson College
Category:Burials at Bromley Cemetery