Henry Clutterbuck (cricketer)

{{short description|English cleric and cricketer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Henry Robert Clutterbuck

| birth_date = 22 November 1809

| death_place = 18 December 1883

| nationality = English

| occupation = cricketer

}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

Henry Robert Clutterbuck (22 November 1809 – 18 December 1883) was an English cleric, and a cricketer who represented Oxford University.{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36570/36570.html | title=Player Profile: Henry Clutterbuck | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=14 November 2013}} A batsman of unknown handedness who was born in Great Stanmore, Middlesex, Clutterbuck made one appearance for the University when facing the Marylebone Cricket Club in July 1832 at Lord's.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11647.html | title=Player Profile: Henry Clutterbuck | publisher=ESPN CricInfo | accessdate=14 November 2013}} He batted at number 10, scoring one before being dismissed by William Lillywhite, followed by a duck in the second innings. The MCC were victorious by four wickets.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/539896.html | title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University - First-class no. 446, 1832 season | accessdate=14 November 2013}} He died in Bath, Somerset in 1883.

Clutterbuck was educated at Harrow School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1831. He became a Church of England priest and was vicar of Kempston, Bedfordshire, 1835–46 and of Buckland Dinham, Somerset, 1848–83.{{acad |id=CLTK827HR |name=Clutterbuck, Henry [Robert]}} He did not study at Oxford, although the University awarded him an ad eundem degree in 1858.{{alox2|title=Clutterbuck, Henry}}