Edward Hume (25 September 1841 – 24 October 1921) was an

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er. The son of William Wheeler Hume, he was born in September 1841 at Scaldwell, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he was coached in cricket by Robert Carpenter. Matriculating at

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in 1860, Hume graduated B.A. in 1863. While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in

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against the

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(MCC) at

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in 1861. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1863, making six appearances and scoring 74 runs, with a high score of 21. Then admitted to Lincoln's Inn, Hume was called to the bar in 1867. In the same year that he was called to the bar, he also made a first-class appearance for the MCC, against Oxford University at Lord's. Hume made a final first-class appearance in 1879 for the

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. He served on the committee of the MCC from 1881–85 and was an examiner of the High Court from 1884. Hume died at

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in October 1921.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hume, Edward 1841 births 1921 deaths People from West Northamptonshire District People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Members of Lincoln's Inn English barristers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers English cricket administrators Cricketers from Northamptonshire