Edward Lee (cricketer)

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Edward Lee
Personal information
Full name
Edward Cornwall Lee
Born(1877-06-18)18 June 1877
Torquay, Devon, England
Died16 June 1942(1942-06-16) (aged 64)
Petersfield, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RelationsArthur Lee (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1896–1909Hampshire
1897–1900Oxford University
1901–1909Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 85
Runs scored 1,764
Batting average 14.22
100s/50s –/4
Top score 66*
Balls bowled 2,649
Wickets 39
Bowling average 32.15
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 6/42
Catches/stumpings 59/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 February 2010

Edward Cornwall Lee (18 June 1877 – 16 June 1942) was an English first-class cricketer. As a first-class cricketer, Lee was most active during the late 1890s and at the turn of the 20th-century, playing varsity cricket for Oxford University and county cricket for Hampshire. His first-class career cricket on an infrequent basis to 1909, with Lee making a total of 85 appearances.

Varsity and county cricket

The son of Edward Arthur Lee, he was born at

5 for 31 in the Cambridge first innings and match figures of 7 for 57, which contributed toward Oxford's nine wicket win.[3] He also took his career best bowling figures of 6 for 42 that season for Oxford.[4] He returned to Hampshire during the 1898 summer break, making nine appearances in the County Championship.[2] Amongst his other achievements in 1898 were two first-class half centuries, scores of 66 not out for Oxford University (which would be his highest first-class score) and 52 for Hampshire.[5]

Lee toured North America with

Oxford University Past and Present team against the touring Australians at Portsmouth.[2] For Hampshire later that season, he made an additional ten appearances in the County Championship.[2] Lee played his final season for Oxford in 1900, but only made three appearances.[2] From his debut in 1897, he made eighteen first-class appearances for Oxford. In these, he scored 322 runs at an average of 12.88;[7] with the ball, Lee took 29 wickets for at a bowling average of 17.65, with him taking both his career five wicket hauls for Oxford.[8] Alongside his cricket, Lee also played golf and ice hockey for the university.[3] He followed his final three appearances for Oxford with seven appearances for Hampshire later in the 1900 County Championship
.

Later cricket and life

Following his graduation from Oxford, Lee went into business in the

toured the West Indies with R. A. Bennett's XI, making thirteen first-class appearances on the tour; these came mostly against regional domestic teams, such as Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, Trinidad, in addition to the West Indies cricket team.[2] He scored 224 runs on the tour at an average of 12.44,[5] with one half century score of 53 against Jamaica Born.[10] Following the tour, he played first-class cricket infrequently, with one appearance for Hampshire and five for the MCC prior to 1909. It was in 1909, that he made his final two first-class appearances, playing once for Hampshire against the touring Australians, and once for the MCC against Oxford University.[2] For Hampshire, Lee made 46 first-class appearances, scoring 994 runs at an average of 14.61.[7] Playing 85 first-class matches in total, Lee scored 1,764 runs at an average of 14.22, whilst with the ball, he took 39 wickets at a bowling average of 32.15.[11]

Lee later served in World War I, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in August 1916,[12] with promotion to lieutenant following in February 1918.[13] He died at his Petersfield residence in June 1942.[14] His son, Arthur, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

  1. ^ a b Dauglish, M. G.; Wainewright, John Bannerman (1907). Winchester College, 1836–1906: A Register. Winchester: P. and G. Wells. p. 517.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "First-Class Matches played by Edward Lee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Wisden – Obituaries in 1942". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ "First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Edward Lee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Edward Lee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. ISBN 9780786420407
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  7. ^ a b "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Lee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  8. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Lee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  9. ^ Lyttelton, Robert Henry; Desborough, William Henry Grenfell (1922). Croome, Arthur Capel Molyneux (ed.). Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools: Eton, Harrow and Winchester. W. Southwood & Company. p. 455.
  10. ^ "Jamaica Born v RA Bennett's XI, RA Bennett's XI in West Indies 1901/02". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Player profile: Edward Lee". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  12. ^ "No. 29737". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 1916. p. 8778.
  13. ^ "No. 30621". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 April 1918. p. 4371.
  14. ^ "The late Mr. Edward Cornwall Lee". The News. Portsmouth. 18 June 1842. p. 5. Retrieved 8 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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