Edward Wright (cricketer, born 1874)

Edward Campbell Wright (23 April 1874 – 28 July 1947) was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played for Gloucestershire, Oxford University and Kent between 1894 and 1902.

Edward Wright
Personal information
Full name
Edward Campbell Wright
Born(1874-04-23)23 April 1874
South Shields, County Durham
Died28 July 1947(1947-07-28) (aged 73)
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894–1898Gloucestershire
1897–1898Oxford University
1902Kent
FC debut20 August 1894 Gloucestershire v Yorkshire
Last FC19 May 1902 Kent v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 23
Runs scored 420
Batting average 15.55
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 83
Balls bowled 2,578
Wickets 52
Bowling average 22.09
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/44
Catches/stumpings 17/–
Source: CricInfo, 23 October 2023

Wright was born at South Shields in County Durham, the son of a Church of England clergyman. His father died in 1880 and Wright was educated at the Clergy Orphan School in Canterbury where he played cricket.[1][2]

Wright made his first-class cricket debut for Gloucestershire in 1894, playing in a County Championship match against Yorkshire at the Ashley Down Ground in Bristol. He scored 17 runs, including 16 in his second innings, and did not take a wicket on debut.[3] He did not play any other first-class matches until going up to Keble College, Oxford in 1896. A century and six wickets in the 1897 Freshmen's match saw him brought into the University First XI,[1] playing eight top-level matches for the side during the season, including the 1897 University Match―his only Blue.[3] He took 25 first-class wickets for Oxford during the season and played three top-level matches for Gloucestershire.[1]

The following season Wright made six first-class appearances, three for Oxford and three for Gloucestershire, whilst in 1899 he played three times for Oxford.[3] By 1901 he was working as a teacher at the Clergy Orphan School and in 1902 played his final two first-class matches, appearing for Kent against Middlesex at Lord's and Essex at Leyton.[1] He played no significant cricket after this. In his 23 first-class matches he scored 420 runs and took 52 wickets.[4]

Wright worked for 35 years at Christ's Hospital School at Horsham in Sussex where he took charge of the school cricket team.[1][2] He died at Budleigh Salterton in Devon in 1947 aged 73.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 614–615. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  2. ^ a b Wright, Mr Edward Campbell, Obituaries in 1947, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1948. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  3. ^ a b c Edward Wright, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-06. (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Edward Wright, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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