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English cricketer
Harry Butt
 Butt in about 1905
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| Full name
| Henry Rigden Butt
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| Born
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1865-12-27
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27 December 1865
Sands End,
Fulham
,
Middlesex
, England
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| Died
| 21 December 1928
(1928-12-21)
(aged 62)
West Hill,
Hastings
,
Sussex
, England
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| Batting
| Right-handed
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| Role
| Wicket-keeper
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| National side
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| Test debut
| 13 February 1896 v
South Africa
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| Last Test
| 23 March 1896 v
South Africa
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Henry Rigden Butt
(27 December 1865 ? 21 December 1928) was an English
cricketer
who played
first-class cricket
for
Sussex County Cricket Club
and the
Marylebone Cricket Club
between
1890
and
1912
. Butt also played three
Test matches
for
England
on their tour to
South Africa
in
1895?96
. He later went on to become an umpire, and stood in that role in six Tests. His popularity was such that when he retired as an umpire due to ill-health, the
County
captains wrote to the Secretary of the Marylebone Cricket Club asking him to write to Butt to express their regret at the cause.
Butt, a short man, was Sussex's
wicket-keeper
for twenty years. He was awarded two benefits: the matches between Sussex and
Yorkshire
at
Hove
in
1900
, and between Sussex and
Middlesex
at
Lord's
in
1928
.
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