William Henty
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William Henty  Tasmanian Tigers |
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| Batting style | Right-Hand Batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right-Arm Underarm | |
| First Class | "A" Matches | |
| Matches | 2 | 0 |
| Runs scored | 1 | 0 |
| Batting average | 0.33 | 0.00 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 7* | 0 |
| balls bowled | 224 | 0 |
| Wickets | 19 | 0 |
| Bowling average | 9.36 | 0.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 6/40 | 0/0 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/0 | 0/0 |
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As of March 24, 2007 |
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William Henty (born September 23, 1808 in West Tarring, Sussex, England), was an Australian cricket player, who played two games for Tasmania. He has the distinction of having participated in the first ever first class cricket match in Australia, and bowled the first ever ball in a first class cricket match in Australia. He opened the bowling for Tasmania in both innings, bowling right arm underarm, and took 4/52, and 5/26 for 9/78 for the match. William Henty died on July 11, 1881, in Hove, Sussex, England at the age of 72.
