Patsy Hendren

Patsy Hendren

Hendren in about 1924
Personal information
Full name	Elias Henry Hendren[1]
Born	(1889-02-05)5 February 1889 Turnham Green, Middlesex
Died	4 October 1962(1962-10-04) (aged 73) Tooting Bec, London
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 181)	17 December 1920 v Australia
Last Test	18 March 1935 v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 51 833 Runs scored 3,525 57,611 Batting average 47.63 50.80 100s/50s 7/21 170/272 Top score 205* 301* Balls bowled 47 4,830 Wickets 1 47 Bowling average 31.00 54.76 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/27 5/43 Catches/stumpings 33/– 759/–
Source: CricInfo, 6 December 2019

Elias Henry Hendren (5 February 1889 – 4 October 1962), known as Patsy Hendren, was an English first-class cricketer, active 1907 to 1937, who played for Middlesex and England. He also had a concurrent career as a footballer and had a long tenure with Brentford F.C. He was born in Turnham Green and died in Tooting Bec. A right-handed batsman who occasionally bowled off breaks, Hendren was one of the most prolific batsmen of the inter-war period, averaging 47.63 in his 51 Test matches and 50.80 in all his first-class matches. He has the third highest first-class run aggregate of 57,611 runs (after Jack Hobbs and Frank Woolley), and his total of 170 centuries ranks second only to Hobbs, who was a personal friend. Hendren was a noted wit, a keen practical joker and had a talent for mimicry.^[2]