Henry Blair Mayne (23 August 1813 – 17 January 1892) was an English lawyer and amateur cricketer who played

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between 1833 and 1849.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 381–382.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)

Life

A son of the Rev. Robert Mayne,

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and

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, where he matriculated in 1831 and graduated B.A. in 1835, proceeding M.A. in 1838. At school Mayne was a

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, continuing to row at stroke for Christ Church as well as playing

for

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. Mayne studied law at the

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where he was

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in 1845. From 1850 he served as a

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in the Private Bills Office of the

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, becoming its Principal Clerk in 1870.Henry Mayne

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. Retrieved 2018-12-16.Pavilion Gossip
''Cricket: a weekly record of the game'', 1892, p.8. Retrieved 2020-07-28. Mayne, notable among the group which helped to write the rules of Short Whist, died at

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on 17 January 1892, aged 78.Henry Blair Mayne
Obituaries in 1892, ''

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'', 1893. Retrieved 2018-12-16.

Cricketer

Mayne played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1833 and 1849, for a variety of teams. He made his first-class debut in 1833 for the

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before playing four times for Oxford University between 1834 and 1838. He played for a Kent team in 1835, before the foundation of the County Club, and went on to play once for

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in 1844. He made seven appearances for MCC, four for the Gentlemen of Kent and one for the Gentlemen of England.Henry Mayne
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-16. He played regularly in club cricket for

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and MCC as well as for other sides, including

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