David Fursdon

David Fursdon
Personal information
Full name	Edward David Fursdon
Born	20 December 1952 (age 71); Bitchet Green, Kent, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
1973–1975	Oxford University
1981	Devon
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 1 September 2019

Edward David Fursdon (born 20 December 1952) is an English former cricketer. He is the current Lord Lieutenant of Devon.

Early life, military service and cricket

The son of Major General Francis William Edward Fursdon and his wife, Jean Rosemary Worrsam, David Fursdon was born in December 1952 at Bitchet Green, Kent.^[1] He was educated at Sherborne School. After leaving Sherborne, Fursdon was commissioned into the 6th Gurkha Rifles in as a second lieutenant in February 1972,^[2] where he served in Brunei and British Hong Kong. The following year he won a scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he studied at St John's College.^[3]

While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1973. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1975, making sixteen appearances.^[4] Playing as an all-rounder, he scored 479 runs for Oxford at an average of 22.80 and a high score of 112 not out,^[5] which was his only first-class century and came against Cambridge University in The University Match of 1975.^[6] With his right-arm medium-fast bowling, he took 37 wickets at a bowling average of 35.94, with best figures of 4 for 13.^[7] He also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring Indians in 1974,^[4] taking his career best bowling figures of 6 for 60 during the match.^[8] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made four List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup.^[9] He gained two cricket blues while at Oxford.^[3]

After graduating from Oxford, Fursdon joined the Civil Service, working at the Ministry of Defence and part of a British delegation at a United Nations conference in Geneva. Fursdon left the civil service and transferred to Devon, where he became a teacher at Blundell's School, serving subsequently on the school's board of governors for ten years.^[3] He played minor counties cricket for Devon in 1981, making four appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.^[10]

After attending the Royal Agricultural University (RAU), he trained to become a rural surveyor and later became a fellow of the RAU. He has also worked for the Country Land and Business Association and was a member on the board of both the Crown Estate and English Heritage.^[3] He was appointed to be the Lord Lieutenant of Devon in April 2015.^[11] With his wife, Catriona, he has three sons.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Edward David Fursdon". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "No. 45632". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 March 1972. p. 3770.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lord-Lieutenant of Devon". www.lordlieutenantofdevon.org.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "First-Class Matches played by David Fursdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Fursdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1975". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by David Fursdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "Oxford and Cambridge Universities v Indians, 1974". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "List A Matches played by David Fursdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by David Fursdon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
^ "No. 61207". The London Gazette. 22 April 2015. p. 7482.