Edward Austen

Edward Austen

Personal information
Full name	Edward Thomas Austen
Born	28 January 1820 Chawton, Hampshire, England
Died	10 June 1908(1908-06-10) (aged 88) Barfrestone, Kent, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1844	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 3 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 3* Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 January 2014

Edward Thomas Austen (28 January 1820 – 10 June 1908) was an English cricketer. Austen's batting style is unknown.

The son of Sir Francis William Austen and Mary Gibson, Austen was born at Chawton, Hampshire. He was a nephew to the novelist Jane Austen. He studied at St John's College, Oxford, gaining his BA in 1846 and his MA in 1850. He played a single first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University in 1844 at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford. In a match which Oxford University won by 5 runs, Austen was run out for a duck in the MCC's first-innings, while he ended their second not out on 3.

He was later the rector at Barfrestone, Kent, a position he held from 1854 until his death on 10 June 1908.

External links

• Edward Austen at ESPNcricinfo
• Edward Austen at CricketArchive