Edward Pearson Hewetson (27 May 1902 – 26 December 1977) was an

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er who played

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between 1919 and 1934 for

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and

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. A right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman, Hewetson took 163 wickets in his career, and scored 1,213 runs at a

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of 14.44. He played twenty-nine matches for Warwickshire between 1919 and 1927, joining Oxford in 1922 and playing there until 1925. He played for

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until 1927, and then for the

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until 1934. An alumnus of

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, he also played for them during his school years, and in 1920 he played at

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for a Lord's School XI against 'The Rest', taking a nine-wicket haul with the ball.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewetson, Edward 1977 deaths 1902 births People from Edgbaston People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Warwickshire cricketers Oxford University cricketers Free Foresters cricketers Harlequins cricketers English cricketers Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands