Edward White (cricketer)
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Full name | Edward Albert White | ||||||||||||||
Born | Yalding, Kent | 16 March 1844||||||||||||||
Died | 3 May 1922 Chiswick, Middlesex | (aged 78)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Lionel White (cousin) | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1867–1875 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
FC debut | 6 June 1867 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||
Last FC | 31 May 1875 Kent v Surrey | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 3 November 2023 |
Edward Albert White (16 March 1844 – 3 May 1922) was an English farmer and cricketer. He was influential in the development of the hop farming industry in Kent and owned the largest hop farm in the United Kingdom towards the end of the 19th century. He played first-class cricket between 1867 and 1875, mainly for Kent County Cricket Club.
Early life
White was born at
Cricket
Despite not being selected to play for his school XI, White played club cricket for
Described by
Business and family life
White took over running a 385 acres (156 ha) hop farm at
He was responsible for developing a number of production and processing improvements in the industry and has been called the "Father of the Hop Industry"[6] and a "legend" in the industry.[5] He developed new varieties of hop, including the White Golding, and the company which he established to run the farm in 1894 grew to become a major producer of tree washes for both the hop and fruit growing industries. His work on the use of insecticides in the industry has been described as "pioneering"[5] and he was influential in the Great Oast Demonstration of 1908, calling for protection for the industry from imported hops, and featured on the cover of The Encircling Hop, a 1990 book on the hop industry in Kent.[1][5]
White married Mary Filder (
References
- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-11-03.)
- ^ Marlborough College register from 1843 to 1904 inclusive (fifth edition), 1905, p. 105. Oxford: Hart. (Available online at the Internet Archive. Retrieved 2023-11-03.)
- ^ a b Edward White, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-06. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e Whyman J (1992) Review of The Encircling Hop, Archaeologia Cantiana, vol. 110, pp. 421–423. (Available online at the Kent Archaeological Society. Retrieved 2023-11-03.)
- ^ Quoted in Carlaw, p. 571.
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ Carlaw, op. cit., p. 571.
- ^ Lionel White, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-11-03. (subscription required)
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