 Henty was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper.He was a professional at the Prince's Cricket Ground in the 1870s and also ran billiard halls in what is now south-east London.His obituary in "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" in 1901 quoted Arthur Haygarth's view that he was "above the average" as a batsman, though inclined to be too "steady".