Harry Foster (cricketer)

Henry Knollys Foster MBE (30 October 1873 – 23 June 1950) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University and Worcestershire.

Foster captained Worcestershire in the county's first Championship match in 1899 and led the side every season until 1910, except for 1901.

He was ordained as a priest in 1869, and married in 1871 when he took up a position as a housemaster at Malvern College, a post which he held for 48 years.

He was an accomplished all-round sportsman who played not only cricket and fives, but was also a rower and an archer for Winchester College, Cambridge.

He made many contributions to sport in Malvern and was active in the making of the cricket pitch, acquiring a football field, swimming baths and racquets courts.

All seven brothers born at No 5 later joined their father's house as pupils and for virtually 25 years held sway in the sporting arena.