Albert Henry (cricketer)

He played in seven first-class matches for Queensland between March 1902 and April 1905, scoring 36 runs in 13 innings and taking 21 wickets at an average of 32.04.As part of the media promotion of the match-up between the pair, Henry was taken to Ipswich station to meet Marsh.Henry also played against Marsh in his second first-class match, between Queensland and New South Wales at Brisbane in November 1902.Henry played against New South Wales at Sydney in December 1902, scoring 7 and 0 and taking 3/86 and 0/70 as New South Wales won by 2 wickets; against Victoria at Brisbane in January 1903, taking 3/76 and scoring 4 and 1 not out as Victoria won by an innings and 327 runs; and against the touring MCC side in November 1903, taking 2/60 – the wickets of Len Braund and Ted Arnold – and 0/21 and scoring 0 not out twice, as MCC won by 6 wickets.After disagreements with the government authorities at Deebing, he was moved to Barambah (now Cherbourg) and then Yarrabah in northern Queensland, where he died of tuberculosis before his 30th birthday.
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