- Edward Cawston
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Edward Cawston
country = England
dayofbirth = 16
monthofbirth = 1
yearofbirth = 1911
placeofbirth =Wantage ,Berkshire
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath = 5
monthofdeath = 9
yearofdeath = 1998
placeofdeath =Maidstone ,Kent
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
role = Bowler
club1 = Cambridge University
year1 = 1932-1933
club2 = Sussex
year2 = 1928-1931
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 1 August
debutyear1 = 1928
debutfor1 = Sussex
debutagainst1 = Derbyshire
lastdate1 = 5 July
lastyear1 = 1933
lastfor1 = Cambridge University
lastagainst1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 25
runs1 = 668
bat avg1 = 16.70
100s/50s1 = 0/4
top score1 = 93
deliveries1 = 2957
wickets1 = 39
bowl avg1 = 33.46
fivefor1 = 2
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 7/53
catches/stumpings1 = 16/0
date = 7 June
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28476/28476.html CricketArchiveEdward Cawston (
16 January 1911 –5 September 1998 ) was an Englishcricket er. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11067.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handedbatsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he playedfirst-class cricket for Sussex and Cambridge University between 1928 and 1933 [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28476/28476.html CricketArchive profile] ] and also represented theEgypt national cricket team in 1936. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28476/all_teams.html Teams played for by Edward Cawston] atCricketArchive ]Personal life
Born in
Wantage in 1911, Edward Cawston was educated atLancing College andCambridge University . After his cricket career, he became headmaster of Orwell Park School.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1999, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228770.html Obituaries] ] He died inMaidstone in 1998.Cricket career
Cawston made his first-class debut for Sussex in a
County Championship match against Derbyshire in the1928 English cricket season [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28476/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Edward Cawston] at CricketArchive] whilst he was still at school. He played three more County Championship matches over the next two seasons before playing first-class matches for Sussex against Cambridge University in 1930 and 1931, his last two matches for Sussex.In the 1932 season, his first first-class match for Cambridge University was, perhaps ironically, against Sussex. He played six more first-class matches for the university that season, gaining his blue when he played against Oxford University at Lord's in July. He played twelve first-class matches for the university the following season, including a match against the West Indies, but didn't gain another blue.
His first-class career ended that season with a match for the university against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI, but he continued to play cricket at lower levels. In April 1934 he went on a tour of
Egypt with HM Martineau's XI, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28476/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Edward Cawston] at CricketArchive] scoring a century in the first innings of the second match before becoming one of six victims forEric Cole . [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/136/136049.html Scorecard] of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI,25 April 1934 at CricketArchive]In 1936 he played twice for Egypt against Martineau's team, taking 6/67 in the second innings of the second match. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/136/136117.html Scorecard] of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI,
23 April 1936 at CricketArchive] He began playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1937 and played for them until 1946. He played for the MCC against Ireland inDublin in July 1938 and for the RAF against Nottinghamshire in August 1940. He switched counties in 1947, moving to Suffolk, where he finished out his career in 1950.tatistics
In his 25 first-class matches Edward Cawston scored 668 runs at an average of 16.70 and took 39 wickets at an average of 33.46. His top score of 93 and his best innings bowling performance of 7/53 were both made in the same match - for Cambridge University against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1932.
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