Harry Few


Harry Gleaves Few was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Edward Few, he was born at the Cambridgeshire village of Willingham in September 1848. He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire, making his debut aged 17 against Cambridge [University Cricket Club|Cambridge University] at Fenner's in 1866. He had success in this match, taking a five wicket haul in the Cambridge University first innings with figures of 5 for 72 with his left-arm roundarm medium bowling. He made a second first-class match in the same season against Nottinghamshire, but did not appear for Cambridgeshire after. Across these two matches, he took 8 wickets at an average of 21.25. It was noted by Fred Lillywhite that Few generally fielded at slip or point.
Outside of cricket, Few was a merchant at Willingham and was a member of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. He was a justice of the peace for Cambridgeshire by 1912. He lived in a house built for him at 12 Grange Road and originally called "Berrycroft". Few died aged 82 in April 1931, following a period of long ill health.