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Henry Cairns

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Henry Cairns
Personal information
Full name
Henry Wilson Cairns
Born(1842-12-11)11 December 1842
Falkirk, Scotland
Died16 December 1888(1888-12-16) (aged 46)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1864/65–1869/70Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 May 2016

Henry Wilson Cairns (11 December 1842 – 16 December 1888) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1864–65 and 1869–70 seasons,[1] all against Canterbury. He had played for an Otago side of 22 players in February 1864 against a touring English side organised by George Parr but had not played in the inaugural first-class match in New Zealand earlier in the year.[2]

Cairns was born at Falkirk in Scotland in 1842. He worked as a salesman. His younger brother, Alexander Cairns, was also born in Scotland but educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. Cairns died in 1888 at Dunedin asylum.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Henry Cairns". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ Henry Cairns, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2023. (subscription required)
  3. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 29. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
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