Edward O'Shaughnessy (16 November 1860 – 6 August 1885) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1879 and 1885.[1] He was born in Canterbury, Kent and died at St John's Wood, London.[2]
O'Shaughnessy was a professional cricketer and played as an all-rounder – a right-handed middle-order batsman, sometimes used as an opener, and a right-arm slow bowler who bowled in the roundarm style. Most of his first-class games were for Kent, though he was also on the ground staff at Lord's. His early impact was as a bowler: against Sussex in 1879 he took seven first-innings wickets for 16 runs in 35.2 four-ball overs, and followed that in the second innings with five for 24 for match figures of 12 for 40.[3] In the same fixture in 1882, as an opening batsman he made 98, which was his highest score.[4] His best for MCC was an innings of 89 against Somerset in 1883.[5]
O'Shaughnessy played a couple of times for Kent early in the 1885 season, but in early August of the same year he died of tuberculosis in London.[6] The match between Sussex and Kent at Brighton the following week was paused for the duration of his funeral.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Edward O'Shaughnessy". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 420–421. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
- ^ "Scorecard: Sussex v Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 3 July 1879. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Scorecard: Sussex v Kent". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 July 1882. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Scorecard: Marylebone Cricket Club v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 30 July 1883. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "En Passant". Athletic News/British Newspaper Archive. London. 11 August 1885. p. 1.
- ^ "Cricket: Kent v Sussex". The Times. No. 31522. London. 11 August 1885. p. 11.