Henry Jordan (cricketer)
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Henry Guy Bowen Jordan was an English
cricket
er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
in 1926.
Jordan was born in Fairfield, Derbyshire
. He represented Derbyshire in one match during the 1926 season
, a County Championship match against Essex
. In this match, Kent's John Freeman scored 172 not out from the top of the batting order to a declaration at nine wickets, and Derbyshire lost by an innings and 153 runs. Jordan was a right-handed batsman and failed to score in either innings of his first-class career.
Jordan died in Tonbridge
Kent
at the age of 82.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 1926.
Jordan was born in Fairfield, Derbyshire
Fairfield, Derbyshire
Fairfield is an urban area of Buxton in Derbyshire, located half a mile to the North-East from Buxton town centre. It is centred around the "Green" a village green.-History:...
. He represented Derbyshire in one match during the 1926 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1926
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1926 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty five years. It was their twenty-eighth season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish eleventh in the County Championship..-1926 season:Derbyshire...
, a County Championship match against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
. In this match, Kent's John Freeman scored 172 not out from the top of the batting order to a declaration at nine wickets, and Derbyshire lost by an innings and 153 runs. Jordan was a right-handed batsman and failed to score in either innings of his first-class career.
Jordan died in Tonbridge
Tonbridge
Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 30,340 in 2007. It is located on the River Medway, approximately 4 miles north of Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles south west of Maidstone and 29 miles south east of London...
Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
at the age of 82.
External links
- Henry Jordan at Cricket Archive