Edward Lotherington Colebrooke (29 October 1858 – 10 August 1939) was an English first-class

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. The son of Dr. Henry Colebrooke, he was born at Southborough in October 1858. He was educated at

Charterhouse School (God having given, I gave) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , president ...

, before going up to Exeter College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England ''against'' Oxford University in 1879 at Oxford. The following season he played first-class cricket ''for'' Oxford University, making five appearances and gaining a blue. He made an additional first-class appearance in 1880 when he played for the Gentlemen of Kent ''against'' the Gentlemen of England at Canterbury. In seven first-class matches, Colebrook scored 161 runs at an average of 13.41, with a high score of 34 not out. After graduating from Oxford, he became a priest in the Church of England. He died without issue at Canterbury in August 1939. His nephew's

Kenneth Hutchings Kenneth Lotherington Hutchings (7 December 1882 – 3 September 1916) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1902 and 1912. He was primarily a batsman who played a major rol ...

Frederick Hutchings Frederick Vaughan Hutchings (3 June 1880 – 6 August 1934) was an English amateur cricketer who played in four first-class cricket matches in the early years of the 20th century. He served in the Army Service Corps in the First World War and ...

and

William Hutchings William Edward Colebrooke Hutchings (31 May 1879 – 8 March 1948) was an English amateur cricketer who played in 24 first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club and Worcestershire County Cricket Club at the turn of the twentieth ...

all played first-class cricket, with Kenneth playing at Test level for England.

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