Edward Righton, senior

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Edward Righton, senior


country = England
fullname = Edward Grantham Righton
dayofbirth = 23
monthofbirth = 11
yearofbirth = 1884
placeofbirth = Evesham, Worcestershire
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 3
monthofdeath = 1
yearofdeath = 1964
placeofdeath = Evesham, Worcestershire
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm medium

club1 = Worcestershire
year1 = 1911–1913

deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = FC
matches1 = 4
runs1 = 60
bat avg1 = 15.00
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 48
deliveries1 = 12
wickets1 = 1
bowl avg1 = 21.00
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 1/21
catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

date = 9 September
year = 2007
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32378/32378.html

Edward Grantham Righton (23 November 1884–3 January 1964) was an English cricketer who played four first-class matches for Worcestershire between 1911 and 1913.

Although he had appeared for Worcestershire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship as early as 1907, [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8398.html | title=Surrey Second XI v Worcestershire Second XI in 1907 | accessdate=2007-09-09 | publisher=CricketArchive] Righton made his first-class debut in July 1911, playing against Leicestershire at Worcester. It proved to be by far the most successful of his four games at this level: Righton hit a first-innings 48 and took his only first-class wicket, that of England Test cricketer Albert Knight. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/8/8488.html | title=Worcestershire v Leicestershire in 1911 | accessdate=2007-09-09 | publisher=CricketArchive] He did nothing in his three subsequent games, other than to hold a catch to dismiss Thomas Langdon in his final match, against Gloucestershire in June 1913. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9009.html | title=Worcestershire v Gloucestershire in 1913 | accessdate=2007-09-09 | publisher=CricketArchive]

His son Edward (also, in fact, named Edward Grantham Righton) also played four times for Worcestershire, in the mid-1930s.

References

External links

* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32378/32378.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive
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