Henry Edser | |
Birth Date: | 1862 |
Birth Place: | Islington, Middlesex, England |
Death Date: | 9 December 1938 (aged 76) |
Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Club1: | Canterbury |
Year1: | 1883–84 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 28 |
Bat Avg1: | 14.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 13 |
Deliveries1: | 297 |
Wickets1: | 14 |
Bowl Avg1: | 12.00 |
Fivefor1: | 2 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 8/75 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Date: | 16 January 2020 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21840/21840.html CricketArchive |
Henry Edser (1862 – 9 December 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1883–84 season.[1]
Born in England, Edser was a bowler and useful lower-order batsman who went on Canterbury's northern tour in December-January 1883–84. He did little in the first match against Auckland, but in the second match, against Wellington, he took 5 for 65 and 8 for 75, as well as scoring some useful runs in a low-scoring match, to help take Canterbury to a 15-run victory. It was the first time a Canterbury bowler had taken as many as 13 wickets in a first-class match.[2] However, he played no further matches for Canterbury.[3] [4]
Edser was a civil servant. He and his wife Annie had two children before she died in April 1894, aged 26.[5] He died in December 1938, aged 76.[6]