Harry Foster (cricketer)
Henry Knollys Harry Foster MBE, , was a cricketer who played for Oxford University and Worcestershire. He first played for Worcestershire in 1888 at the age of onlyyears old.
Harry was the oldest of the seven sons of Henry Foster who in 1867, aged 23, joined the staff of Malvern College, a public school founded in 1865. 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 allround spoprtsman 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. He was the first scratch golfer in the Midlands and a founder member of Worcestershire Golf Club. Of thesurviving children, there wereboys andgirls. All seven brothers born at Nolater joined their fathers house as pupils and for virtuallyyears held sway in the sporting arena.
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