Edmund Bourne (cricketer)

Edmund Horace Bourne (14 February 1885 – 7 August 1962) was an English cricketer. Bourne was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Edmund Bourne
Personal information
Full name
Edmund Horace Bourne
Born(1885-02-14)14 February 1885
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Died7 August 1962(1962-08-07) (aged 77)
Earlswood, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912Minor Counties
1904–1922Staffordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 16
Batting average 16.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 16
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 April 2012

Bourne made his debut in county cricket for Staffordshire in the 1904 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Between 1904 and the start of World War I in 1914, Bourne made 49 appearances for Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] In 1912, he was selected to play in a combined Minor Counties cricket team for its inaugural appearance in first-class cricket against the touring South Africans at the County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1912.[2] In what was Bourne's only first-class appearance, he batted once in the match, scoring 16 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings as an opening batsman, before being dismissed by Aubrey Faulkner.[3] Following World War I, he made five further appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for Staffordshire, with his final appearance coming against the Surrey Second XI in 1912.[1]

Bourne had three brothers, all of whom played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire.[4] Bourne died at Earlswood, Surrey, on 7 August 1962. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Reigate, next to his wife, Elsie.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edmund Bourne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edmund Bourne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Minor Counties v South Africans, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Player profile: Edmund Bourne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Edmund Horace Bourne grave monument details". www.gravestonephotos.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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