Henry Hildyard (cricketer)

Henry Charles Thoroton Hildyard (16 October 1824 – 14 September 1898) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of Colonel Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard, he was born in October 1824 at Flintham, Nottinghamshire.

[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket intermittently for Oxford University between 1843 and 1846, making four appearances,[4] in which he scored 57 runs with a high score of 19.

[5] In addition to playing for Oxford University, Hildyard also made a single first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University in 1844.

[4] After graduating from Oxford, Hildyard took holy orders in the Church of England.