Harry Altham died of a heart attack just after he had given an address to a cricket society.
13 Facts About Harry Altham
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Harry Altham was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross, and was mentioned in despatches on three occasions.
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Harry Altham was a schoolmaster and a cricket coach at Winchester College, a position that he held for thirty years, and was the housemaster of Chernocke House.
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Harry Altham played for Surrey from 1908 to 1912 and for Oxford University, obtaining a Blue in 1911 and 1912.
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Harry Altham played in 55 first-class matches in all, scoring 1,537 runs at an average of 19.70.
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Harry Altham made one century, a score of 141 against Kent at Canterbury in 1921.
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Harry Altham served on the Marylebone Cricket Club Committee from 1941 until his death in 1965.
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Harry Altham was Treasurer from 1949 until 1963 and President in 1959.
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Harry Altham was a member of the Hampshire Committee for over forty years and the President of the club from 1946 until his death.
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Harry Altham was Chairman of the English Test selectors in 1954.
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Harry Altham's celebrated History of Cricket began as a serial in The Cricketer magazine and first appeared in book-form in 1926.
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The first edition of A History of Cricket was written by Harry Altham when I was a boy.
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Harry Altham was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957.