Henry Slater was an English cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1882 and 1887.

Slater was born at Heanor

Heanor

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, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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 the son of James Slater and his wife Elizabeth Baimbridge. He became a coal miner.

He made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in the 1882 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1882

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 in June against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 in which he took a wicket but scored no runs. His next game was against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1885 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1885

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 when again he took a wicket. In the 1886 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886

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 he played against MCC and took two catches. He played two first-class games in the 1887 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1887

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 and took a wicket against Lancashire. He also played two non-status matches that season in one of which he scored 54, a contrast to the low single figures he managed in most of his games Slater was a right-hand batsman and played 9 innings in five first class matches with a top score of 21 and an average of 5.57. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler and took 3 wickets with an average of 61.66.

Slater died at Worksop

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, Nottinghamshire

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 at the age of 61.

Slater married Sarah Ann Bestwick on 28 December 1878. Their sons Herbert Slater

Herbert Slater

Herbert Slater was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1907.Slater was born in Langley Mill the son of Henry Slater and his wife Sarah Bestwick His father had played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887....

 and Archibald Slater

Archibald Slater

Archibald Gilbert Slater was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1911 and 1931.Slater was born at Pilsley, Derbyshire the son of Henry Slater and his wife Sarah Bestwick His father had played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1887.Slater made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1911...

both played for Derbyshire.