Edward William Garrow (18 October 1815 – 29 March 1896) was an

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first-class

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er and clergyman. The son of The Reverend David William Garrow, he was born in October 1815 at Monken Hadley, Middlesex. He was educated at

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, before matriculating at

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in 1834, graduating B.A. in 1839 and M.A. in 1842. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in

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for

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against the

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in 1839. Batting once in the match, Garrow was

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without scoring in the Oxford first-innings. After graduating from Oxford, Garrow took holy orders in the

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. His first ecclesiastical posting was as perpetual curate at Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire from 1847–67. From 1867, he was the rector of Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire. He died there in March 1896. His grandfather was

Sir William Garrow Sir William Garrow (13 April 1760 – 24 September 1840) was an English barrister, politician and judge known for his indirect reform of the advocacy system, which helped usher in the adversarial court system used in most common law nations t ...

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* 1815 births 1896 deaths People from Monken Hadley Sportspeople from the London Borough of Barnet People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers 19th-century English Anglican priests Cricketers from Greater London {{England-cricket-bio-1810s-stub