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.
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| Full name | Edward Campbell Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 1874 South Shields, County Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 1947 (aged 73) Budleigh Salterton, Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1894–1898 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1897–1898 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 20 August 1894 Gloucestershire v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 19 May 1902 Kent v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 edit
- ^ 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.)
- ^ a b Wright, Mr Edward Campbell, Obituaries in 1947, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1948. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b c Edward Wright, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-06. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Edward Wright, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
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