Edward Compton (cricketer)

Edward Denison Compton (11 April 1872 – 11 October 1940) played first-class cricket for Somerset and Oxford University between 1894 and 1907.[1] He was born at Frome, Somerset and died at Rye, East Sussex.

Edward Compton
Personal information
Full nameEdward Denison Compton
Born(1872-04-11)11 April 1872
Frome, Somerset, England
Died11 October 1940(1940-10-11) (aged 68)
Rye, East Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894–1907Somerset
1896Oxford University
First-class debut14 June 1894 Somerset v Gloucestershire
Last First-class26 July 1907 Somerset v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 51
Batting average 7.28
100s/50s –/–
Top score 22*
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 4/1
Source: CricketArchive, 26 March 2011

Compton was the 11th child (of 17) of the Rev Thomas Hoyle Compton and his wife, the former Eliza Sarah Winzar, and was educated at Lancing College[2] and Keble College, Oxford.[1] As a cricketer, Compton was a lower-order batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played for Somerset in one match in 1894 and two more in 1895, making little impression. At Oxford University, he won a blue for soccer in 1895-96, but had only two first-class cricket matches for the university team, in one of which he scored an unbeaten 22, his highest first-class score.[3] From 1897 to 1902 he played Minor Counties cricket for Oxfordshire, and from 1903 to 1908 he played minor matches for MCC. He returned, 11 years after his previous first-class game, for a single final match for Somerset in 1907, against Sussex at Hastings.[4]

Compton married Annie Maude May in 1900.[5] She died in 1952.

References
  1. "Edward Compton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  2. "Compton Researchers". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  3. "Scorecard: Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University". www.cricketarchive.com. 29 June 1896. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  4. "Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 25 July 1907. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  5. "Family Tree of Peter Anthony Brown". Peter Brown. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
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