Henry Morley (2 March 1785 – 6 December 1857) was an English

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who played for Sussex County from 1815 to 1838, and also played one match for Kent and Sussex in 1836. A builder by trade, he was a team-mate of

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and

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, and was a member of the Sussex team which played during the 1827 Roundarm Trial Matches against England. Henry, a right-handed batsman, played in 30 first-class matches, and scored 285 runs during 57 innings, with a batting average of 5.18. By no means an exceptional player, his highest score of 18 runs came during his last match for the team against

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at the Old County Ground, Town Malling on 19 July 1838. He was caught out by

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, the fourth greatest cricketer of all time according to the cricket writer John Woodcock.

Biography

Henry was born on 2 March 1785 in

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, Sussex, and was the son of John and Elizabeth Morley. He was baptised on 17 April 1785 in Amberley. He married Frances Load Shelley (born 1781,

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, Sussex) at St Nicholas Church,

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on 26 August 1804. Over the next 20 years the couple had 9 children: Elizabeth (1805), Hannah (1811), Henry (1813), Frederick (1815), James (1816), Isaac (1818), Edward (1819), Alfred (1822), and Frances Mary, born in 1825. His wife Frances died in 1846 at the age of 65. Henry outlived her by 11 years, and died on 6 December 1857 in Brighton.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morley, Henry 1785 births 1857 deaths English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 English cricketers Sussex cricketers People from Amberley, West Sussex