Henry Maister (27 July 1813 – 18 June 1898) was an English first-class

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er. Maister was born at

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, a village in the

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long associated with the Maister family. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. He made two appearances in

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in 1832, the first coming for the

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against the Gentlemen of Kent in August, with his second match coming for the Gentlemen of England the following month against the Gentlemen of Kent, with both matches played at

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. After graduating from Oxford he became a

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and married Grace Sutton in June 1850 at Elton, County Durham. He died in June 1898 at Skefflington, Yorkshire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maister, Henry 1813 births 1898 deaths Cricketers from Yorkshire People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers 19th-century English Anglican priests People from Holderness