Edward Denison Compton (11 April 1872 – 11 October 1940) played first-class cricket for Somerset and Oxford University between 1894 and 1907.[1] He was born at Frome, Somerset and died at Rye, East Sussex.
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| Full name | Edward Denison Compton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1872 Frome, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 October 1940 (aged 68) Rye, East Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1894–1907 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 14 June 1894 Somerset v Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 26 July 1907 Somerset v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 26 March 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compton was the 11th child (of 17) of the Rev Thomas Hoyle Compton and his wife, the former Eliza Sarah Winzar, and was educated at Lancing College[2] and Keble College, Oxford.[1] As a cricketer, Compton was a lower-order batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played for Somerset in one match in 1894 and two more in 1895, making little impression. At Oxford University, he won a blue for soccer in 1895-96, but had only two first-class cricket matches for the university team, in one of which he scored an unbeaten 22, his highest first-class score.[3] From 1897 to 1902 he played Minor Counties cricket for Oxfordshire, and from 1903 to 1908 he played minor matches for MCC. He returned, 11 years after his previous first-class game, for a single final match for Somerset in 1907, against Sussex at Hastings.[4]
Compton married Annie Maude May in 1900.[5] She died in 1952.
References
edit- ^ a b "Edward Compton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Compton Researchers". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "Scorecard: Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University". www.cricketarchive.com. 29 June 1896. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 25 July 1907. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "Family Tree of Peter Anthony Brown". Peter Brown. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2011.