Edward James 'Ned' Sanders (6 October 1852 – 27 October 1904) was an

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er. The son of Edward Andrew Sanders, he was born in October 1852 at Heavitree, Devon. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to

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. Sanders did not find a place in either of the cricketing elevens at Harrow or Cambridge, but did represent Cambridge in

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against Oxford in 1872–74. After graduating from Cambridge, he became a banker and was a partner in the Exeter Bank, until it merged with Prescott's in 1902. Sanders was commissioned into the

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as a cornet in September 1871, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of

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and finally to the rank of captain in October 1881. A keen amateur cricketer, he led his own personal team on tours to North America in September 1885 and September–October 1886, with the team playing a variety of matches in Canada and the United States, which included

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against the

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. Sanders featured in one first-class match against the Philadelphians on the 1885 tour, scoring 3 runs and taking the wicket of Charles Newhall. In his final years he was the honorary secretary and treasurer of

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, then in its infancy. Sanders spent the final six years of his life in ill-health, unable to walk long distances. He died at Heavitree in October 1904.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Ned 1852 births 1904 deaths Cricketers from Exeter People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry officers English bankers English cricketers E. J. Sanders' XI cricketers 19th-century English businesspeople Businesspeople from Exeter