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Herbert John Butler Hollings JP (18 June 1855 – 6 March 1922) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of John Hollings, he was born in June 1855 at Manningham, Yorkshire. He was educated at Winchester College, before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1877. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring in both Oxford innings' by Fred Morley and Robert Clayton respectively.

A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in 1881. He became a justice of the peace for Surrey in 1884. Hollings married Nine Augusta Stacey in 1886, with the couple having a son who was killed in the First World War. He died at Bournemouth in March 1922.

References

1. ^ Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register. P. and G. Wells. 1907. pp. 252.
2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Hollings, Herbert John Butler" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Hollings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
4. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1877". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
5. "John Herbert Butler Hollings (1887—1914)". www.magdlibs.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
6. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1922". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

External links

• Herbert Hollings at ESPNcricinfo

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