Henry Reade

{{short description|English cricketer, clergyman and educator}}

{{about||the English academic and government official|Henry Reade (FRS)|similar names|Henry Reed (disambiguation){{!}}Henry Reed}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Henry Reade

| image = Henry St John Reade.jpg

| country = England

| fullname = Henry St John Reade

| birth_date = 4 January 1840

| birth_place = Streatley, Berkshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1884|2|13|1840|1|4}}

| death_place = Shepherd's Bush, London, England

| batting =

| bowling =

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1861–1862

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 166

| bat avg1 = 16.60

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 49

| deliveries1 = 316

| wickets1 = 13

| bowl avg1 = 11.69

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/22

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| date = 18 March

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19949.html Cricinfo

}}

Henry St John Reade (4 January 1840 – 13 February 1884) was an English first-class cricketer, clergyman and educator.

The son of William Barrington Reade, he was born in January 1840 at Streatley, Berkshire. He was educated at Tonbridge School,{{cite book |title=The Register of Tonbridge School |first=W. O. |last=Hughes-Hughes |date=1886 |pages=88 |publisher=J. W. Arrowsmith |url=https://archive.org/details/registeroftonbri00tonb/page/88 |language=en}} before going up to University College, Oxford.{{alox2|title=Reade, Rev. Henry St. John}} In his first year at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket when he played twice for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's and Canterbury in 1858. He later made three first-class appearances for Oxford University in 1861–62, in addition to playing for the Gentlemen of the South against the Gentlemen of the North in 1862.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37566/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Reade |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-20 |url-access=subscription}} In six first-class matches, Reade scored 166 with a high score of 49. With the ball, he took 13 wickets with best figures of 4 for 22.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37566/37566.html |title=Player profile: Henry Reade |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-03-20 |url-access=subscription}}

After graduating from Oxford, Reade took holy orders in the Church of England. He was an assistant master at Haileybury, before becoming the headmaster of Fauconberge Grammar School in Beccles and later the Godolphin School in Hammersmith.[https://becclesmuseum.org.uk/henry-fauconberge-and-the-fauconberge-grammar-school/ Henry Fauconberge and the Fauconberge Grammar School], Beccles and District Museum. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

Reade was headmaster of Oundle School from 1876 until 1883, when an argument led to a vote of no-confidence in him by the governing body. It asked for his resignation and got it.Andrew Radd, [https://oundle-heritage.daisy.websds.net/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=The+Gentle+Hotbed+by+Andrew+Radd.pdf_20170929152714058.pdf&origFilename=The+Gentle+Hotbed+by+Andrew+Radd.pdf "The Gentle Hotbed"], websds.net, accessed 21 October 2023

Reade died at Shepherd's Bush in February 1884.