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Harry Altham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harry Altham

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harry Surtees Altham, CBE, DSO, MC (born November 30, 1888 at Camberley, Surrey; died March 11, 1965 at Fulwood, Sheffield, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer of modest attainment, but who after his playing days became an important figure in the game as an administrator, historian and coach. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1957. His Wisden obituary described him as "among the best known personalities in the world of cricket". It was perhaps fitting that his death, from a heart attack, should occur after giving an address to a cricket society.

He was educated at Repton School and Oxford University. He served in the Army during World War One, as a Major with the 60th Rifles. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the Military Cross (MC), and was mentioned in dispatches three times. He was a schoolmaster and cricket coach at Winchester College, a position he held for thirty years, and was housemaster of Chernocke House

His son, Richard Altham, played in two first-class matches for Oxford University in 1947-1948.

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[edit] The player

Altham was a right-handed batsman. His first-class career lasted from 1908 to 1923. He played for Surrey from 1908 to 1912. He also played for Oxford University, obtaining a Blue in 1911 and 1912. On joining the staff at Winchester College he switched his allegiance from Surrey to Hampshire, playing for them from 1919 to 1923. He played in 55 first-class matches in all, scoring 1,537 runs at an average of 19.70. He made one century: 141 against Kent at Canterbury in 1921.

[edit] The administrator

He served on the MCC Committee from 1941 till his death. He was the Treasurer from 1951 onwards and the President in 1959. He was a Hampshire Committee member for over forty years, and was the President of the Club from 1946 until his death. He was Chairman of the Test selectors in 1954.

[edit] The historian

His History of Cricket began as a serial in The Cricketer, and first appeared in book form in 1926. Revised editions appeared in 1938, this time a collaboration with E.W. Swanton, and in 1948, written with Swanton and including an introduction by Pelham Warner. A further revised edition (now in two volumes) appeared in 1962 and is listed below, together with his histories of Lord's and the MCC and of Hampshire:

  • Hampshire County Cricket: The official history of Hampshire County Cricket Club, Phoenix House, 1957.
  • History of Cricket (with EW Swanton), Allen & Unwin, 1962, ISBN 978-0047960239. (A paperback edition appeared in 1968).
  • Lord's and the MCC (with John Arlott), Pitkin, 1967, ISBN 978-0853721307.

Swanton clarified Altham's contribution to A History of Cicket: "In the obituary written in the factual, anonymous vein generally adopted by Wisden ... I notice for the first time what can only be described as a howler. The second paragraph of the piece begins: 'Altham collaborated with E. W. Swanton in a book, The History of Cricket...' ... The first edition of A History of Cricket (note the indefinite article) was written by Harry when I was a boy. It was twelve years later, in 1938, that he honoured me by asking me to collaborate with him, in a Second Edition. This I did, and so continued with three subsequent editions, as the junior and subservient partner, until the last appeared in two volumes some three years before his death."[1]

Writing in 1956, A.A. Thomson said about the History of Cricket: "...a massive record of the game from first beginnings out to the undiscovered ends, written with authority and affection, accuracy and charm..."[2]

A collection of Altham's writing, edited and devised by Hubert Doggart, was published after his death:

  • The Heart of Cricket: A memoir of H.S. Altham, Hutchinson 'The Cricketer', 1967.

[edit] The coach

As well as coaching at Winchester for many years, he was Chairman of the MCC Youth Cricket Association and President of the English Schools Cricket Association. He was appointed Chairman of a Special Committee to inquire into the future welfare of English cricket in 1949, and said: "If only we can get enough boys playing this game in England and playing it right, it is quite certain that from the mass will be thrown up in some year or another a new Compton, a new Tate, a new Jack Hobbs, and when that happens we need not worry anymore about our meetings with Australia." Perhaps most important of all, he was the author of the first edition of the MCC Cricket Coaching Book, published in 1952.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Swanton, E.W.: Follow On (Fontana, 1978), p. 82.
  2. ^ Thomson, A.A.: Pavilioned in Splendour (Pavilion Books edition, ISBN 1-85145-658-9, 1991), p. 147.

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