Ned Sanders
Personal information
Full name
Edward James Sanders
Born6 October 1852
Heavitree, Devon, England
Died27 October 1904(1904-10-27) (aged 52)
Heavitree, Devon, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average 1.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 2
Balls bowled 8
Wickets 1
Bowling average 4.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/4
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 August 2019

Edward James Sanders (6 October 1852 – 27 October 1904) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Edward Andrew Sanders, he was born in October 1852 at Heavitree, Devon.[1] He was educated at Harrow School,[2] before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] Sanders did not find a place in either of the cricketing elevens at Harrow or Cambridge, but did represent Cambridge in rackets against Oxford in 1872–74.[3] After graduating from Cambridge, he became a banker and was a partner in the Exeter Bank, until it merged with Prescott's in 1902.[1][3] Sanders was commissioned into the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry as a cornet in September 1871,[4] and was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant and finally to the rank of captain in October 1881.[5]

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 first-class matches against the Philadelphian cricket team.[3] Sanders featured in one first-class match against the Philadelphians on the 1885 tour,[6] scoring 3 runs and taking the wicket of Charles Newhall.[7] In his final years he was the honorary secretary and treasurer of Devon County Cricket Club, then in its infancy.[3] Sanders spent the final six years of his life in ill-health, unable to walk long distances.[3] He died at Heavitree in October 1904.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Venn, John (1953). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. pp. 290.
  2. ↑ Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. p. 407.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Wisden - Obituaries in 1904". ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "No. 23782". The London Gazette. 6 October 1871. p. 4167.
  5. ↑ "No. 25022". The London Gazette. 4 October 1881. p. 4940.
  6. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Ned Sanders". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Gentlemen of Philadelphia v EJ Sanders' XI, 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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