Edward Cawston (16 January 1911 – 5 September 1998) was an English

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er. A right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler, he played

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for Sussex County Cricket Club and

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between 1928 and 1933CricketArchive profile
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in 1936.Teams played for by Edward Cawston
at CricketArchive

Personal life

Born in

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in 1911, Cawston was educated at

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and

. After his cricket career, he became headmaster of

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1999
Obituaries
/ref> He died in

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in 1998.

Cricket career

Cawston made his first-class debut for Sussex in a

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match against

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in the

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First-class matches played by Edward Cawston
at CricketArchive whilst he was still at school. He played three more County Championship matches over the next two seasons before playing first-class matches for Sussex against Cambridge University in 1930 and 1931, his last two matches for Sussex. In the 1932 season, his first first-class match for Cambridge University was, perhaps ironically, against Sussex. He played six more first-class matches for the university that season, gaining his

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when he played against

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at Lord's in July. He played twelve first-class matches for the university the following season, including a match against the

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, but didn't gain another blue. His first-class career ended that season with a match for the university against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI, but he continued to play cricket at lower levels. In April 1934 he went on a tour of

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with HM Martineau's XI,Other matches played by Edward Cawston
at CricketArchive scoring a century in the first innings of the second match before becoming one of six victims for Eric Cole. In 1936 he played twice for Egypt against Martineau's team, taking 6/67 in the second innings of the second match.Scorecard
of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI, 23 April 1936 at CricketArchive He began playing

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for Berkshire in 1937 and played for them until 1946. He played for the

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(MCC) against

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in Dublin in July 1938 and for the

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against

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in August 1940. He switched counties in 1947, moving to Suffolk, where he finished out his career in 1950.

Statistics

In his 25 first-class matches Cawston scored 668 runs at an

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of 16.70 and took 39

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at an

of 33.46. His top score of 93 and his best innings bowling performance of 7/53 were both made in the same match – for Cambridge University against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1932.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cawston, Edward 1911 births 1998 deaths People educated at Lancing College Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge People from Wantage Egyptian cricketers English cricketers Sussex cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Berkshire cricketers Suffolk cricketers