Edmund Dominic Hester (born 23 August 1967) is an

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educator and former first-class

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er. Hester was born at

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in August 1967. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he played

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for

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in 1989, making five appearances. Playing as a left-arm

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bowler, he took 11 wickets at an

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of 52.00 and with best figures of 4 for 100. After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolteacher. He is the current headmaster of

Princethorpe College Princethorpe College is a Catholic independent day school located in Princethorpe, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Princethorpe College opened in September 1966 after the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSCs), purchased the site to use as ...

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