| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Henry James Tattersall | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1892 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 November 1971 (aged 78) Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1912/13–1913/14 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||
| 1922/23–1927/28 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 August 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Henry James Tattersall (21 December 1892 – 5 November 1971) was a New Zealand cricketer.
Tattersall was born in Christchurch on 21 December 1892. Before World War I He worked as an engineer in an Auckland foundry.
During the war Tattersall served overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a sergeant. After the war he settled on 557 acres at Akitio which he had been granted after a ballot under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act.
In April 1921 he married Muriel Childs. They had a son in 1922 but separated soon afterwards and divorced in 1927. He moved to Wellington.
Tattersall died on 5 November 1971, aged 78, in Palmerston North.
Tattersall played as a wicket-keeper, and made his first-class debut for Auckland against Hawke's Bay in March 1913, catching two batsmen and stumping two others. He played six first-class matches for Auckland and Wellington between 1913 and 1928. He toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1913-14 as the second wicket-keeper, but did not play in any of the four first-class matches against state teams.