Greenwood was born at St John's Wood in London, the youngest son of John and Jane Greenwood (née Coar). His father worked as a solicitor and the family, which had houses in London and at Hildenborough, was wealthy enough for Greenwood to not need to work. He lived at Hildenborough near Tunbridge Wells throughout most of his life and played cricket for local sides, including Tonbridge, Edenbridge and Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club.[2][3] Greenwood made his only first-class appearance for Kent against Lancashire in 1873 at Gravesend, scoring 13 runs in his second innings after making a duck in the first.[3][4]
An accomplished club cricketer, Greenwood played in matches against touring sides, including the United South of England XI and the New United South of England XI, and played for at least ten significant club sides in Kent and Sussex.[b][3][4] He scored 97 not out for Sevenoaks Vine against Chislehurst in 1873 and later the same year his innings of 53 for Tunbridge Wells at the Higher Common Ground was considered by the Kent and Sussex Courier to be "the finest display seen on the Common for many years".[5] Although he bowled infrequently in club matches as he got older, he had taken nine wickets for the cost of just five runs for Leigh in 1863.[3] He played club cricket until at least 1885.[6]
Greenwood married Mary Hollingdale in 1886 but had no children.[3] He died at Smithwood House at Cranleigh in Surrey in 1899 aged 54.[7] The cause of death was recorded as alcoholism,[3] although an obituary published immediately after his death in The Daily News attributed Greenwood's death to blood poisoning caused by a rabbit bite.[1]
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^An obituary notice published in The Daily News immediately after Greenwood's death gives his name as Mr C. E. Greenwood.[1] Birth and death records simply record his name as Edward Greenwood.
edward, greenwood, canadian, fantasy, writer, greenwood, january, 1845, january, 1899, english, cricketer, played, first, class, cricket, match, kent, county, cricket, club, 1873, personal, informationborn, 1845, january, 1845st, john, wood, londondied25, janu. For the Canadian fantasy writer see Ed Greenwood Edward Greenwood a 19 January 1845 25 January 1899 was an English cricketer who played in one first class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1873 Edward GreenwoodPersonal informationBorn 1845 01 19 19 January 1845St John s Wood LondonDied25 January 1899 1899 01 25 aged 54 Cranleigh SurreyBattingRight handedDomestic team informationYearsTeam1873KentOnly FC10 July 1873 Kent v LancashireCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 1Runs scored 13Batting average 6 50100s 50s 0 0Top score 13Catches stumpings 0 Source Cricinfo 18 August 2012Greenwood was born at St John s Wood in London the youngest son of John and Jane Greenwood nee Coar His father worked as a solicitor and the family which had houses in London and at Hildenborough was wealthy enough for Greenwood to not need to work He lived at Hildenborough near Tunbridge Wells throughout most of his life and played cricket for local sides including Tonbridge Edenbridge and Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club 2 3 Greenwood made his only first class appearance for Kent against Lancashire in 1873 at Gravesend scoring 13 runs in his second innings after making a duck in the first 3 4 An accomplished club cricketer Greenwood played in matches against touring sides including the United South of England XI and the New United South of England XI and played for at least ten significant club sides in Kent and Sussex b 3 4 He scored 97 not out for Sevenoaks Vine against Chislehurst in 1873 and later the same year his innings of 53 for Tunbridge Wells at the Higher Common Ground was considered by the Kent and Sussex Courier to be the finest display seen on the Common for many years 5 Although he bowled infrequently in club matches as he got older he had taken nine wickets for the cost of just five runs for Leigh in 1863 3 He played club cricket until at least 1885 6 Greenwood married Mary Hollingdale in 1886 but had no children 3 He died at Smithwood House at Cranleigh in Surrey in 1899 aged 54 7 The cause of death was recorded as alcoholism 3 although an obituary published immediately after his death in The Daily News attributed Greenwood s death to blood poisoning caused by a rabbit bite 1 Notes edit An obituary notice published in The Daily News immediately after Greenwood s death gives his name as Mr C E Greenwood 1 Birth and death records simply record his name as Edward Greenwood As well as Tonbridge Edenbridge and Tunbridge Wells Greenwood is known to have played for clubs at Hadlow Hildenborough Leigh Sevenoaks Southborough Wateringbury and Hastings References edit a b Death from a rabbit bite The Daily News 28 January 1899 p 8 Available online at British Library Newspapers Retrieved 2023 05 11 Deaths The Times 28 January 1899 p 1 Available online at The Times Digital Archive Retrieved 2023 05 11 a b c d e f Carlaw D 2020 Kent County Cricketers A to Z Part One 1806 1914 revised edition pp 199 200 Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians Retrieved 2020 12 21 a b Edward Greenwood CricketArchive Retrieved 2017 07 19 subscription required Quoted in Carlaw op cit p 199 Sevenoaks Vine v Tonbridge Cricket A Weekly Record of the Game vol IV no 95 9 July 1885 p 253 Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians Retrieved 2023 05 11 Edward Greenwood CricInfo Retrieved 2017 07 19 External links editEdward Greenwood at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Greenwood amp oldid 1210996261, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
