Edmund Chapman

Infobox Early Cricketer
playername = Edmund Chapman


country = England
fullname = Edmund Chapman
nickname =
living =
partialdates = true
dayofbirth =
monthofbirth =
yearofbirth = c.1695
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath =
monthofdeath =
yearofdeath = 1763
countryofdeath = England
batting = unknown hand
bowling = underarm: unknown hand and type
role = player
club1 = Chertsey Cricket Club
year1 = c.1715-1740
club2 = Surrey
year2 = c.1715-1740
date = 25 September
year = 2008
source = H T Waghorn

Edmund Chapman (born c.1695; died 30 July 1763 at Chertsey, Surrey; aged 68) was an early English cricketer who played for Chertsey Cricket Club and Surrey during the 1720s and 1730s.

Career

Chapman is one of the earliest cricketers whose name has survived in 18th century records. In 1763, a newspaper report announced his death and said of him that he was "an eminent master bricklayer" and "accounted one of the most dextrous cricket players in England" H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906] .

There is no earlier reference to him than his obituary notice but, given his age, he must have been an active player from c.1715 to c.1740, presumably playing for Chertsey, or perhaps Croydon Cricket Club, and for Surrey as a county [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300–1787] ] .

Notes

External sources

* [http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stampsite/cricket/main.html From Lads to Lord's; The History of Cricket: 1300 – 1787]

References

* G B Buckley, "Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket", Cotterell, 1935
* H T Waghorn, "The Dawn of Cricket", Electric Press, 1906