Edmund Warren Craigie (8 May 1842 — 8 June 1907) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Edmund Craigie
Personal information
Full name
Edmund Warren Craigie
Born8 May 1842
Gorakhpur, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died8 June 1907(1907-06-08) (aged 65)
Putney, London, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1870Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 September 2021

The son of John Adair Craigie of the Bengal Civil Service, he was born in British India at Gorakhpur.[1] He was educated in England at Harrow School.[2] Craigie joined the British Army in September 1861, when he purchased the rank of cornet in the 2nd Dragoon Guards.[3] He purchased the rank of lieutenant in December 1864,[4] before retiring from active service in May 1870.[5] Craigie became a student at the Inner Temple in April 1870,[1] and in August of the same year he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Gloucestershire at Lord's.[6] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring in the MCC first innings by Robert Miles, while in their second innings following-on he was dismissed by W. G. Grace for the same score.[7] He was called to the bar to practice as a barrister in January 1873.[1] Craigie died at his residence at Putney in June 1907.[8]

His daughter Violet Mary was the first wife of Oscar Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 105.
  2. ^ Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson, P. K. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3 ed.). London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 273.
  3. ^ "No. 7155". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 September 1861. p. 1158.
  4. ^ "No. 22922". The London Gazette. 20 December 1864. p. 6648.
  5. ^ "No. 23613". The London Gazette. 6 May 1870. p. 2436.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edmund Craigie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Gloucestershire, 1870". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  8. ^ Today's News In Brief. The Pall Mall Gazette. 11 June 1907. p. 8
  9. ^ Borland, Maureen (1990). Son of Oscar Wilde. London: Hart-Davis. p. 201.

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