Edgar Sheldrake

Edgar Sheldrake
Personal information
Full name
Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake
Born(1864-01-18)18 January 1864
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Died14 December 1950(1950-12-14) (aged 86)
Surbiton, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1884–1885Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 52
Batting average 10.40
100s/50s –/–
Top score 20
Balls bowled 160
Wickets 1
Bowling average 78.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/41
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2009

Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake (18 January 1864 — 14 December 1950) was an English first-class cricketer and publisher.

Edgar Sheldrake was born in Aldershot in Hampshire in 1864, the son of William Henry Sheldrake (1816–1885), a stationer and printer of Sheldrake's Aldershot Military Gazette.[1] As a young man he joined his father's publishing and printing business in Aldershot.[2]

Sheldrake performed well in club cricket in Aldershot, which gained the attention of Hampshire.[3] He went on to play for Hampshire in three first-class cricket matches, playing twice in 1884 against Sussex and Somerset and once in 1885 against Surrey.[4] In these, he scored 52 runs with a highest score of 20,[5] in addition to taking a single wicket.[6] Although his county cricket amounted to three matches, he continued to play in Aldershot club cricket for the Aldershot Athletic Club, where he scored heavily as a batsman into the 1890s.[7] After his cricketing career he continued to work for the family newsagent and stationers business.[8]

On 3 February 1900, he married Lucy Maunde (1862–1935) at St Bartholomew's church in Haslemere in Surrey.[9] There were no children from the marriage.[8] Sheldrake died in Surbiton in December 1950.

  1. ^ "Sheldrake's Aldershot Military Gazette (1859–1932)". Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "1891 England Census for Edgar F T Sheldrake". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Notes about cricket". Aldershot News. 3 September 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edgar Sheldrake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  5. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edgar Sheldrake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edgar Sheldrake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  7. ^ "A 357 batting average". Sporting Life. Leeds. 6 July 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b "1911 England Census for Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.