H. H. Armstrong

Herbert Horace Armstrong (25 October 1862 – ) was an English first-class cricketer who was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Armstrong was born in Islington to John, a salesman, and Jane Armstrong.[1]

Armstrong played for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 23 first-class matches between 1882 and 1885. The first came in 1882 against Marylebone Cricket Club. His final first-class match came against Derbyshire in 1885, which was to be Hampshire's final match as a first-class county until the 1895 County Championship. Armstrong made two half centuries with a top score of 68 and took 68 wickets at a bowling average of 20.23.[2][3] He played other matches for the county side until 1889 as well as for the Gentlemen of Hampshire.[3]

Armstrong lived in Southampton from 1881 to 1889 or 1890. He played cricket for Southampton until 1888, and his performances were written up in the Hampshire Advertiser. He worked in a cousin's lamp and oil shop in St. Mary's Street. He married in 1889 and then moved to London to work with his brothers in a wholesale fruit business. He had two children a boy and a girl and in 1913 moved to Ringwood, Hampshire where he had a wool shop.[4] He died in 1942, his daughter gave an album of press cuttings and badges to the Hampshire Cricket Museum.