Sydney Henry Armitstead (13 June 1837 - 29 January 1912) was an English cricketer, an alumnus of Charterhouse School whose cricketing career including two first class matches: for the Gentlemen of the North in 1862 and the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1864. A founding member of the Free Foresters Cricket Club, he played there between 1858 and 1872, and also played for Herefordshire and Cheshire.