Henry Wilson Cairns (11 December 1842 – 16 December 1888) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1864–65 and 1869–70 seasons, all against Canterbury. He had played for an Otago team of 22 players in February 1864 against a touring English team organised by George Parr but had not played in the inaugural first-class match in New Zealand earlier in the year.Henry Cairns, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
Cairns was born at Falkirk in Scotland in 1842. He worked as a salesman. His younger brother, Alexander Cairns, was also born in Scotland but educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. Cairns died in 1888 at Dunedin asylum.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 29. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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