Edwin Field (16 December 1871 – 9 January 1947) was an English

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forward who played club rugby for

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, Clifton R.F.C.,

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

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and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. He also played cricket for

and

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

Personal history

Field was born in

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...

in 1872 to

Walter Field Walter Field (1 December 1837 – 23 December 1901) was an English painter. Biography He was the youngest son of Edwin Wilkins Field by his second wife, Letitia Kinder, and was born at Windmill Hill, Hampstead, on 1 December 1837. He was a li ...

, a landscape painter. He was educated at

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

from 1882 to 1891, before matriculating to

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

in 1891. He received his B.A. in 1894. He worked as a solicitor, and died on 9 January 1947 at Bromley Cottage Hospital.

Rugby career

In 1891, Field was the captain of the Clifton College rugby team. He played in

the Varsity Match The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford University RFC, Oxford and Cambridge University R.U.F.C., Cambridge in England. The event began in 1872 with the first men's match, with interruptions ...

in 1892, 1893 and 1894. In 1893, Field played both his international matches for England as part of the Home Nations Championship. The first was the first match between

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and England in Cardiff. The second match was against

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Lansdowne Road Lansdowne Road Stadium ( ga, Bóthar Lansdún, ) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily used for rugby union and association football matches. The stadium was demolished in 2007 to make way for ...

. By the time he played for England, Field had already joined Middlesex Wanderers. Between April 1893 and February 1894, he played three matches for the Barbarians, scoring a dropped goal. After Middlesex Wanderers folded, Field joined Richmond alongside

Charles Hooper Charles Alexander Hooper (6 July 1869 – 16 September 1950) was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for England. In 1890 Hooper became one of the original ...

, who had also been playing for them.

Cricket career

Field played for Trinity College, Cambridge, and for

, taking part in the Varsity Match in 1894. He played for

Berkshire County Cricket Club Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty National county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Berkshire. The team is currently a member of the National Counties Champions ...

in 1895, which was the year the club was formed. Between 1904 and 1906, he played six matches for

, all of them at

Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and ...

References

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