Henry Coventry (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and stockbroker}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Henry Thomas Coventry

| birth_date = 3 May 1868

| birth_place = Regent's Park, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|8|2|1868|5|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Westminster, London, England

| nickname =

| family = Charles Coventry (brother)
John Coventry (nephew)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1888

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 28

| bat avg1 = 7.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 15

| deliveries1 = 24

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 12.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/12

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 28 April

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11359.html Cricinfo

}}

The Hon. Henry Thomas Coventry (3 May 1868 – 2 August 1934) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry he was born at Regents Park in May 1868. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the cricket eleven, in addition to representing the college at rackets.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228179.html|title=Wisden - Obutuaries in 1934|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2021-04-28}} From Eton he went up to New College, Oxford.{{cite book|title=Oxford Men, 1880-1892, with a Record of Their Schools, Honours and Degrees|first=Joseph|last=Foster|year=1893|publisher=Stephen Austin & Sons|location=Hertford|page=137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2owAQAAMAAJ|language=en}} Coventry played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1888 while he was still studying at Oxford, playing twice against Oxford University at Oxford and Lord's.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28762/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Coventry|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-04-28|url-access=subscription}} Described by Wisden as a "hard-hitting batsman", he scored 28 runs in his two matches with a highest score of 15.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28762/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Coventry|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-04-28|url-access=subscription}} He also took a single wicket with his right-arm slow bowling.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28762/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Henry Coventry|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-04-28|url-access=subscription}} The Coventry family was associated with Worcestershire County Cricket Club in its early years, with Coventry playing minor matches for Worcestershire between 1886 and 1894, when the team was still regarded as a second-class county. Outside of cricket, he was a member of the Stock Exchange. He died at his Westminster home in August 1934.Obituary. Aberdeen Press and Journal. 3 August 1934. p. 7 His brother, Charles, played Test cricket for England, while his nephew John Coventry was also a first-class cricketer.