Edgar Sheldrake

Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake (18 January 1864 – 14 December 1950) was an English first-class cricketer. Sheldrake was a right-handed batsman and a fast bowler.

Edgar Sheldrake
Personal information
Full nameEdgar 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 FC
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 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] and Caroline Ann née Beadnell (1821-1885);[2] he was baptised at St Michael's church in Aldershot in March 1864.[3] As a young man he joined his father's publishing and printing business in Aldershot.[4]

Sheldrake represented Hampshire in three first-class matches. The first came in 1884 against Sussex. His final first-class match came against Surrey in the 1885 season, which was to be Hampshire's final season as a first-class county until the 1895 County Championship.

On 3 February 1900 he married Lucy Maunde (1862-1935) at St Bartholomew's church in Haslemere in Surrey.[5] There were no children from the marriage.[6] After his cricketing career he continued to work for the family newsagent and stationers business.[6]

Sheldrake died in Surbiton, Surrey on 14 December 1950.

References
  1. Sheldrake's Aldershot Military Gazette (1859-1932) - British Newspaper Archive database
  2. 1871 England Census for Edgar F T Sheldrake - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  3. Edgar Francis Tolman Sheldrake in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  4. 1891 England Census for Edgar F T Sheldrake - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  5. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  6. 1911 England Census for Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake - Ancestry.com (subscription required)


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