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Edward Sprot
Personal information
Full name
Edward Mark Sprot
Born4 February 1872
Lower Bourne, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898–1914Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 270
Runs scored 12,328
Batting average 28.66
100s/50s 13/70
Top score 147
Balls bowled 3,060
Wickets 55
Bowling average 33.90
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/28
Catches/stumpings 228/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 August 2009

Edward Mark Sprot (4 February 1872 – 8 October 1945) was a Scottish first-class

First World War
.

Early life and military career

The son of Edward William Sprot, he was born at Edinburgh in February 1872. He was educated in England at Harrow School,[1] where he played for the school cricket team.[2] From there he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and graduated into the King's Shropshire Light Infantry as a second lieutenant in November 1892.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in March 1896,[4] before resigning his commission in July 1899.[5] Prior to his resignation, he had represented the Shropshire Light Infantry in rackets alongside Colonel James Spens, with the pair winning The Army Rackets Challenge Cup in 1899.[2]

Cricket career and later life

Monument made of Cornish granite at Broadhalfpenny Down in Hampshire
The monument to the Glory of Cricket and the Hambledon Club, unveiled by Sprot at Broadhalfpenny Down on 10 September 1908

After a series of impressive performances in army cricket,

First World War.[7]

During his career at Hampshire, he played 267 first-class matches for the county.

Players of the South in 1903,[6] in which he scored a half century.[9] In 1908, he played for a Hambledon XII in a commemorative first-class match against an England XI at Broadhalfpenny Down.[6] During the opening day of the match, Sprot unveiled a granite memorial commemorating the Hambledon Club's contribution to cricket.[12]

During the First World War, he volunteered as a

billiards, golf and sport, in addition to taking up fishing, painting and playing the piano.[7] During the 1920s, he provided contributions to C. B. Fry's Mercury Magazine prize fund, which raised funds for the shore-based naval training establishment TS Mercury on the River Hamble.[12] Sprot died at his home at Lower Bourne in Surrey in October 1945, aged 73.[2][14] His younger brother, James, was killed in action during the First World War.[15]

References

  1. ^ Dauglish, M. G.; Stephenson, P. K. (1911). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 (3 ed.). London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 648.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Wisden - Edward Sprott". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ "No. 26346". The London Gazette. 18 November 1892. p. 6477.
  4. ^ "No. 26721". The London Gazette. 13 March 1896. p. 1681.
  5. ^ "No. 27100". The London Gazette. 18 July 1899. p. 4446.
  6. ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Edward Sprot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Allen, Dave. "Born On This Day: 4th February". www.ageasbowl.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  8. ^ Pavilion Gossip. Cricket. 16 April 1903. p. 73
  9. ^ a b c "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Sprot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Edward Sprot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  11. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Sprot". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  12. ^
    ISBN 9781843586869
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  13. ISBN 9781526780140
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  14. ^ Sporting News. Birmingham Daily Post. 10 October 1945. p. 4
  15. ^ "Sprot, James William Lennox". www.winchestercollegeatwar.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

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