William Henry Garforth (14 January 1855 – 15 June 1931) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of William Willoughby Garforth, he was born at Otterington in the North Riding of Yorkshire in January 1855.
[1] He continued his military service alongside his studies, with promotion to the rank of captain coming in September 1879.
[7] While studying at Cambridge, Garforth had also established a tobacconist business in his native Yorkshire.
[8] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket when he played for I Zingari against the Gentlemen of England in the Scarborough Festival of 1887.