English was born at Dorking in January 1864. He first came to cricketing prominence when he represented the young players of Surrey as a 19 year old.[1] It wouldn't be until 1898, at the age of 34, that English would make his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the County Championship.[2] His first season saw him score what would be his highest first-class score, 98 against Surrey on a difficult wicket at The Oval; his 98 formed part of a 164 runs partnership for the fifth wicket with Arthur Webb.[3] English was notably dismissed off the last ball of the ball of the match by Tom Richardson while attempting to reach his century.[4] He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1901, making a total of 18 appearances as an amateur.[2] He scored 565 runs in total, at an average of 18.83.[5]
He remained an active sportsman long after his first-class cricket career had finished, with him playing golf until 91; at the age of 82 he hit a hole-in-one at Alton Golf Club. He was resident at Alton, where he was a member of the Conservative Club and at the age of 93 he reached the final of the club's snooker competition. English was by profession a registrar at Alton for 36 years.[3] He later retired to Higher Ball Farm near Tiverton in Devon, where he celebrated his 102nd birthday in January 1966.[1] English died there in September 1966. At the time of his death he was the oldest surviving county cricketer and the oldest first-class cricketer in the world.[3] He is one of four Hampshire players known to have lived to the age of 100, the others being George Deane, Neil McCorkell and John Manners.[6]
Referencesedit
^ ab102nd Birthday. Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 3 January 1966. p. 3
^ ab"First-Class Matches played by Edward English". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
^ abc"Wisden – Obituaries in 1966". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
edward, english, child, abuser, mount, cashel, orphanage, edward, apsey, english, january, 1864, september, 1966, english, first, class, cricketer, personal, informationfull, nameedward, apsey, englishborn, 1864, january, 1864dorking, surrey, englanddied5, sep. For Edward English the child abuser see Mount Cashel Orphanage Edward Apsey English 1 January 1864 5 September 1966 was an English first class cricketer Edward EnglishPersonal informationFull nameEdward Apsey EnglishBorn 1864 01 01 1 January 1864Dorking Surrey EnglandDied5 September 1966 1966 09 05 aged 102 Tiverton Devon EnglandNicknameTedBattingRight handedBowlingUnknownDomestic team informationYearsTeam1898 1901HampshireCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 18Runs scored 565Batting average 18 33100s 50s 2Top score 98Balls bowled 194Wickets 1Bowling average 101 005 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 1 11Catches stumpings 5 Source Cricinfo 23 January 2010 English was born at Dorking in January 1864 He first came to cricketing prominence when he represented the young players of Surrey as a 19 year old 1 It wouldn t be until 1898 at the age of 34 that English would make his debut in first class cricket for Hampshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the County Championship 2 His first season saw him score what would be his highest first class score 98 against Surrey on a difficult wicket at The Oval his 98 formed part of a 164 runs partnership for the fifth wicket with Arthur Webb 3 English was notably dismissed off the last ball of the ball of the match by Tom Richardson while attempting to reach his century 4 He played first class cricket for Hampshire until 1901 making a total of 18 appearances as an amateur 2 He scored 565 runs in total at an average of 18 83 5 He remained an active sportsman long after his first class cricket career had finished with him playing golf until 91 at the age of 82 he hit a hole in one at Alton Golf Club He was resident at Alton where he was a member of the Conservative Club and at the age of 93 he reached the final of the club s snooker competition English was by profession a registrar at Alton for 36 years 3 He later retired to Higher Ball Farm near Tiverton in Devon where he celebrated his 102nd birthday in January 1966 1 English died there in September 1966 At the time of his death he was the oldest surviving county cricketer and the oldest first class cricketer in the world 3 He is one of four Hampshire players known to have lived to the age of 100 the others being George Deane Neil McCorkell and John Manners 6 References edit a b 102nd Birthday Torbay Express and South Devon Echo 3 January 1966 p 3 a b First Class Matches played by Edward English CricketArchive Retrieved 10 June 2012 a b c Wisden Obituaries in 1966 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 24 December 2021 Hampshire s Longest Lived Cricketer PDF Hampshire Cricket Society Retrieved 24 December 2021 Surrey v Hampshire 1898 County Championship CricketArchive Retrieved 24 December 2021 Neil McCorkell reaches century ESPNcricinfo 23 March 2012 Retrieved 3 April 2012 External links editEdward English at ESPNcricinfo Preceded byJohn Wheatley Oldest living first class cricketer19 April 1962 5 September 1966 Succeeded byUnknown nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1860s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward English amp oldid 1186754919, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
