Herbert Shakespeare Fenwick (1861 – 18 July 1934) was a Danish-born cricketer who played a single first-class match in New Zealand for Canterbury during the 1891–92 season.
Fenwick was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1861.Herbert Fenwick – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2015. His sole match for Canterbury came against Auckland in late March 1892, at a time when interprovincial matches were relatively rare (the Plunket Shield not yet having been established).First-class matches played by Herbert Fenwick – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Serving as the team's wicket-keeper, Fenwick came in ninth in Canterbury's first innings, and topscored with 30 not out, featuring in a 44-run ninth-wicket partnership with Robert Barry. In the second innings, he was promoted to open the batting with Annesley Harman, scoring another 17 runs. Earlier, he had caught two batsmen off the bowling of Herbert de Maus, including Auckland's captain, John Fowke. Auckland went on to win the match by four wickets.Auckland v Canterbury, First-Class matches in New Zealand 1891/92 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
Fenwick's older brother, Fairfax Frederick Fenwick, was also born in Denmark, and played cricket for Otago.Fairfax Fenwick – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Before settling the family in Christchurch, their father, Charles Fenwick, was the consul of the Kingdom of Hanover in Denmark. The Fenwicks, originally from Kingston upon Hull, had been in Scandinavia since the early 18th century, and Charles Fenwick had Danish and German ancestry through his mother."Charles Lewis Clayton Fenwick" – Eschrict. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Unlike his brother, who died in England in 1920, Herbert Fenwick remained in New Zealand, dying in Dunedin in 1934.
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