Henry Moberly


Henry Edward Moberly was an English cleric and school housemaster. As an amateur cricketer, he played first-class cricket from 1842 to 1845.

Life

Moberly was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He played cricket for Oxford University, making 10 known appearances in first-class matches.
Moberly matriculated at New College in 1841, graduating B.A. in 1845, and was a Fellow there from 1841 to 1860. He was ordained as a Church of England priest and became dean of divinity at New College in 1851, bursar in 1853 and sub-warden in 1856. He taught at Winchester College 1859–80 and founded one of the oldest boarding houses at Winchester, still known formally as Moberly's. He then became a parish priest and was vicar of Heckfield, Hampshire, 1880–83 and rector of St Michael's, Winchester, from 1883.