Edward Balfour (2 January 1833 – 11 August 1856) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Edward Balfour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1833 Marylebone, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 August 1856 (aged 23) Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm roundarm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Robert Balfour (brother) Archibald Balfour (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1852–1854 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1853–1854 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Charles Balfour, he was born at Marylebone in January 1833. He was educated at Westminster School, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Oxford in 1852. Balfour played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1854, making nine appearances.[2] Playing as an all-rounder, he scored 152 runs for Oxford at an average of 11.69 and a high score of 62.[3] With his roundarm slow bowling, he took 35 wickets for Oxford, taking five wickets in an innings on three occasions and taking ten wickets in a match once.[4] In addition to playing for Oxford, Balfour also played first-class cricket for the MCC on seven occasions in 1853–54,[2] scoring 129 runs with a high score of 36.[3] His best batting return came for the Gentlemen of England, for whom he made five first-class appearances from 1852–54,[2] scoring 185 runs at an average of 23.12.[3] Balfour's other first-class appearances included three each for England and the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players, in addition to one match for the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club.[2]
His father, a merchant, had business at Genoa in the Kingdom of Sardinia with his company Grants, Balfour & Co. Balfour joined his father in Genoa in 1856, where he died in August "after a few days' illness".[5][6] His brothers, Robert and Archibald, both played first-class cricket.
References edit
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Edward Balfour". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Balfour". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Balfour". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, August 16, 1856; pg. 8; Issue 25779.
- ^ Barker, G. F. Russell; Stenning, Alan H. (1928). The Record of Old Westminsters. The Chiswick Press. p. 46.