Henry Bruen (cricketer)

Henry Bruen (26 July 1856 – 26 December 1927) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Henry Bruen

Personal information
Full name	Henry Bruen
Born	26 July 1856 Oak Park, Ireland
Died	26 December 1927 (aged 71) Oak Park, Leinster, Ireland
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 39 Batting average 19.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 19 Balls bowled 400 Wickets 10 Bowling average 15.00 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 6/54 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 August 2019

The son of the politician Henry Bruen and his wife, Mary Margaret Conolly, he was born at the family estate Oak Park in County Carlow.[1] He was educated in England at Harrow School,[2] before attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1] He graduated from Woolwich in February 1877, entering into the Royal Artillery with the temporary rank of lieutenant.[3] His commission to lieutenant was made permanent in March 1878.[4] Bruen later toured North America in September 1885 with a team formed by the Devon amateur E. J. Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Germantown.[5] He met with success in his second first-class match of the tour, taking figures of 6 for 54 with the ball in the Gentlemen of Philadelphia second-innings.[6] The following year he married Agnes Mary MacMorrough Kavanagh, the daughter of Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh, with the couple having one son.[1] In the same year he served as the High Sheriff of Carlow, and later served as the High Sheriff of Wexford in 1909.[7] Bruen died at Oak Park in December 1927.

References

1. "Henry Bruen". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
2. Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. p. 443.
3. "No. 24438". The London Gazette. 27 March 1877. p. 2265.
4. "No. 24561". The London Gazette. 12 March 1878. p. 1943.
5. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Bruen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
6. "Gentlemen of Philadelphia v EJ Sanders' XI, EJ Sanders' XI in North America 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
7. "Index to High Sheriffs, Sheriffs and Wardens". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

External links

• Henry Bruen at ESPNcricinfo