Edward Austin (cricketer)
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Full name | Edward James Austin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Buckland Ripers, Dorset, England | 25 September 1847||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 April 1891 Pimlico, London, England | (aged 43)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown arm roundarm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1869 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2011 |
Edward James Austin (25 September 1847 – 13 April 1891) was an English cricketer. Austin was a right-handed batsman who bowled roundarm medium pace, though which arm he bowled with is unknown. He was born at Buckland Ripers, Dorset.
While studying at Trinity College, Oxford,[1] Austin made a single first-class appearance for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford in 1869.[2] Austin ended unbeaten on 0 in Oxford University's first-innings of 75 all out, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings of 229 all out, Austin took the wickets of Herbert Stewart and John West, finishing with figures of 2/58 from 24 overs. In Oxford University's second-innings, Austin was dismissed for 10 runs by George Wootton, with the university being dismissed for 124 to lose the match by an innings and 30 runs.[3] This was his only major appearance for Oxford University.
He died at Pimlico, London on 13 April 1891.
References
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Austin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club 1869". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
External links
- Edward Austin at ESPNcricinfo
- Edward Austin at CricketArchive