Henry Crosoer

Henry Crosoer (1765 at Bridge, Kent – ?) was an English cricketer of the late 18th century who played for Kent. His name was sometimes given as Crozoer. Crosoer seems to have been a wicketkeeper-batsman, and he made eight known historically important match appearances for Kent between the 1786 and 1790 seasons.

Career

Crosoer's first known appearance in an important match was for Kent against Hampshire on Windmill Down in July 1786. He played instead of Stephen Amherst, presumably as a late replacement. According to the printed match scorecard, he opened the innings with William Bullen, and made scores of 7 and 9. In both innings, he was bowled by Richard Purchase. Hampshire won the match by 1 wicket.

In August of the same year, Crosoer played for Kent against Hampshire on Moulsey Hurst, a neutral venue. He scored 0 and 3, having been caught by Tom Taylor in the first innings, and then bowled by Lumpy Stevens in the second. Hampshire won this game by 35 runs.

Bibliography

• Ashley-Cooper, F. S. (1929). Kent Cricket Matches, 1719–1880. Canterbury: Gibbs & Sons. OCLC 220674085.
• Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Birmingham: Cotterell & Co. OCLC 23450280.
• Haygarth, Arthur (1996) [1862]. Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826). Kennington: Frederick Lillywhite. ISBN 978-19-00592-23-9.

Further reading

• Waghorn, H. T. (2005) [1906]. The Dawn of Cricket. London: J. W. McKenzie. ISBN 978-09-47821-17-3.