Edwin Field

This article is about the rugby and cricket player. For the lawyer and painter, see Edwin Wilkins Field.

Edwin Field (16 December 1871 – 9 January 1947) was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University, Clifton R.F.C., Richmond, Barbarians and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for England. He also played cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex.

Edwin Field

Birth name	Edwin Field
Date of birth	(1871-12-16)16 December 1871
Place of birth	Hampstead, England
Date of death	9 January 1947(1947-01-09) (aged 75)
Place of death	Bromley, England
School	Clifton College
University	Trinity College, Cambridge
Spouse	Florence Sophia Plowright Field
Children	Douglas, Mary and Humphrey Oliver
Occupation(s)	solicitor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1883–? Clifton RFC () 1891–1894 Cambridge University R.U.F.C. () Middlesex Wanderers () 1893–1894 Barbarian F.C. () 1895–? Richmond () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1893 England 2 (0)

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1893–1894	Cambridge University
1895	Berkshire
1904–1906	Middlesex
FC debut	22 June 1893 Cambridge Univ. v Sussex
Last FC	24 May 1906 Middlesex v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 17 Runs scored 618 Batting average 21.31 100s/50s 1/2 Top score 107 Balls bowled 65 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: CricInfo, 21 April 2023

Personal history

Field was born in Hampstead in 1872 to Walter Field, a landscape painter. He was educated at Clifton College from 1882 to 1891, before matriculating to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1891. He received his B.A. in 1894. He worked as a solicitor, and died on 9 January 1947 at Bromley Cottage Hospital.

Rugby career

In 1891, Field was the captain of the Clifton College rugby team. He played in the Varsity Match in 1892, 1893 and 1894. In 1893, Field played both his international matches for England as part of the Home Nations Championship. The first was the first match between Wales and England in Cardiff. The second match was against Ireland at Lansdowne Road. By the time he played for England, Field had already joined Middlesex Wanderers. Between April 1893 and February 1894, he played three matches for the Barbarians, scoring a dropped goal.

After Middlesex Wanderers folded, Field joined Richmond alongside Charles Hooper, who had also been playing for them.

Cricket career

Field played for Trinity College, Cambridge, and for Cambridge University, taking part in the Varsity Match in 1894. He played for Berkshire County Cricket Club in 1895, which was the year the club was formed. Between 1904 and 1906, he played six matches for Middlesex, all of them at Lord's Cricket Ground.