Edward Hartopp (cricketer)

Edward Samuel Evans Hartopp (7 September 1820 – 5 October 1894) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Nottinghamshire and several amateur cricket teams between 1841 and 1857.[1] He was born at Thurnby, Leicestershire and died at Pickenham Hall, near Swaffham, Norfolk.

Edward Hartopp
Personal information
Full name
Edward Samuel Evans Hartopp
Born(1820-09-07)7 September 1820
Thurnby, Leicestershire, England
Died5 October 1894(1894-10-05) (aged 74)
South Pickenham, Norfolk, England
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1841–1842Cambridge University
1842–1852Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
First-class debut13 May 1841 Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club
Last First-class22 August 1857 Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 69
Runs scored 442
Batting average 4.25
100s/50s –/–
Top score 22
Balls bowled unknown
Wickets 1
Bowling average unknown
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/?
Catches/stumpings 16/–
Source: CricketArchive, 4 June 2014

Cricket career

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Hartopp appeared in several matches for Cambridge University in both 1841 and 1842, including, in each of these seasons, the University Match against Oxford University.[1] In his Cambridge games, he batted regularly at the tail-end of the batting order, and he does not appear to have bowled or kept wicket. From 1842 onwards, he started playing for Marylebone Cricket Club and he made 36 appearances for that team over the next 10 years; he also played in 1843 for Nottinghamshire and a team representing the Midland Counties, and he started appearing also for "Gentlemen of England" teams of amateurs which played various county sides or other amateur combinations.[2] In 1851, he appeared for the Gentlemen in the annual match against the Players at Lord's.[3]

In 1844 and 1845 Hartopp played in 11 first-class matches in each season; a leading cricketer of the period, such as Alfred Mynn, played in a very similar number of major matches.[4][5] Yet Hartopp remained a singularly unsuccessful cricketer, usually batting at the tail-end and bowling only twice in his career, and his career batting average over 69 first-class matches is just 4.25.[1] His highest score in 120 first-class innings was 22, made in one of his occasional forays to the top of the batting order in an MCC match against Oxford University in 1846 in which the whole team had been dismissed for 24 in the first innings.[6] From 1853 to 1857, he played in only one match per season, with none at all in 1855; in those four games, he batted seven times, and a score of 2 in his final innings in 1857 ended a succession of six ducks.

Career outside cricket

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Hartopp was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[7] He is described as "of Clipsham Hall, Rutland", but his second marriage was to the daughter of the owner of Pickenham Hall in Norfolk, where he died in 1894.[7] At the time of his death, he was the auditor for the Marylebone Cricket Club's accounts.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Edward Hartopp". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Teams Edward Hartopp Played for". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Gentlemen v Players". www.cricketarchive.com. 23 June 1851. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ^ "First-class Matches played in each season by Edward Hartopp". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ^ "First-class Matches played in each season by Alfred Mynn". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 July 1846. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  7. ^ a b J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Edward Hartopp". p. 274. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  8. ^ "The Marylebone Club". The Times. No. 34254. London. 3 May 1894. p. 7.