Edward Slinger (2 February 1938 – 31 July 2023) was an English first-class cricketer, solicitor and judge.
Biography
Slinger was born at
Accrington
Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to ...
on 2 February 1938. He was educated in the town at
Accrington Grammar School,
before going up to
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...
. After graduating from Balliol, he was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1961.
Although Slinger did not play cricket for
Oxford University Cricket Club while studying at Oxford, he did feature for the
Lancashire Second Eleven between 1963 and 1978, making 72 appearances in the
Minor Counties Championship
The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...
; despite his large number of appearances for the second eleven, he never featured for the first eleven. Slinger did however feature in one
first-class match for the
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at
Oxford in 1967. Batting once in a match heavily affected by poor weather, he scored 12
not out in the MCC's first and only innings. He was appointed a
circuit judge in 1995, before retiring in 2010. He additionally sat as a member of the
Parole Board for England and Wales from 2009, and was a governor of
Westholme School.
Slinger died on 31 July 2023, at the age of 85.
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1938 births
2023 deaths
People from Accrington
People educated at Accrington Grammar School
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
English solicitors
English cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
20th-century English judges
21st-century English judges
Lawyers from Lancashire
Cricketers from Lancashire