Henry David Keigwin was an English

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. He was born in Lexden

Lexden

Lexden is a suburb of Colchester, Essex, England. It was formerly a village, and has previously been called Lessendon, Lassendene and Læxadyne. Lexden is mentioned in the Domesday Book....

, in Colchester and died in Thiepvel, France. He was educated at Clifton College

Clifton College

Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...

, along with his brothers R. P. Keigwin

R. P. Keigwin

Richard Prescott Keigwin was an English academic. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club, Essex County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and played hockey for Essex and England.-Early life and education:Keigwin was born in...

 and Herbert Keigwin

Herbert Keigwin

Herbert Stanley Keigwin - Cricketer. Keigwin was the brother of Henry Keigwin and R. P. Keigwin...

Keigwin, whose brothers R. P. Keigwin

R. P. Keigwin

Richard Prescott Keigwin was an English academic. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club, Essex County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and played hockey for Essex and England.-Early life and education:Keigwin was born in...

 and Herbert Keigwin

Herbert Keigwin

Herbert Stanley Keigwin - Cricketer. Keigwin was the brother of Henry Keigwin and R. P. Keigwin...

 also played first-class cricket, played for 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...

 and Scotland in his three years of first class cricket between 1906 and 1909. He scored 77 and 27 for the Gentlemen of England against Surrey in April 1906, W.G. Grace's final first class appearance. He returned from Africa to serve with the Lancashire Fusiliers

Lancashire Fusiliers

The Lancashire Fusiliers was a British infantry regiment that was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.- Formation and early history:...

 at the outbreak of hostilities in the Great War and died on the Western Front

Western Front (World War I)

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...

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Other teams

• Gentlemen of England (1905-1908)
• Miscellaneous Scotland (1906)
• Scottish Counties (1910)

Source

• Henry Keigwin at Cricket Archive