Henry Slater (cricketer, born 1855)

Henry Slater (23 February 1855 – 20 November 1916) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887.

[2] He made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in the 1882 season in June against Lancashire in which he took a wicket but scored no runs.

He also played two non-status matches that season in one of which he scored 54, a contrast to the low single figures he managed in most of his games Slater was a right-hand batsman and played 9 innings in five first-class matches with a top score of 21 and an average of 5.57.

He was a right-arm medium pace bowler and took 3 wickets with an average of 61.66.

[3] Slater married Sarah Ann Bestwick on 28 December 1878.