Harry Few

Harry Gleaves Few JP (8 September 1848 – 9 April 1931) was an English first-class cricketer.

Harry Few

Personal information
Full name	Harry Gleaves Few
Born	8 September 1848[1] Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	9 April 1931(1931-04-09) (aged 82) Newnham, Cambridgeshire, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1866	Cambridgeshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 4 Batting average 1.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 4 Balls bowled 308 Wickets 8 Bowling average 21.25 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 5/72 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 March 2022

The son of Edward Few, he was born at the Cambridgeshire village of Willingham in September 1848.^[2] He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire, making his debut aged 17 against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1866.^[1] 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.^[3] He made a second first-class match in the same season against Nottinghamshire, but did not appear for Cambridgeshire after.^[4] Across these two matches, he took 8 wickets at an average of 21.25.^[5] It was noted by Fred Lillywhite that Few generally fielded at slip or point.^[1]

Outside of cricket, Few was a merchant at Willingham and was a member of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.^[1][6] He was a justice of the peace for Cambridgeshire by 1912.^[7] He lived in a house built for him at 12 Grange Road and originally called "Berrycroft" (in 2023, the site was purchased by Cambridge University's Queens' College, to be used as student accommodation).^[8] Few died aged 82 in April 1931, following a period of long ill health.^[9]