Henry Tattersall


Henry James Tattersall was a New Zealand cricketer. He played six matches of first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington between 1913 and 1928. He toured Australia with the New [Zealand cricket team in Australia in 1913-14|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.
Before World War I Tattersall worked as an engineer in an Auckland foundry. During the war he served overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a sergeant.
After the war Tattersall 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.