Edmund Saulez

Edmund Harrison Saulez (23 February 1867 19 November 1948) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.

Edmund Saulez
Personal information
Full nameEdmund Harrison Saulez
Born23 February 1867
Seapoint, Ireland
Died19 November 1948(1948-11-19) (aged 81)
Havant, Hampshire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894/95Europeans (India)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 5
Batting average 1.66
100s/50s –/–
Top score 5
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 December 2018

Saulez was born at Seapoint near Dublin. He later attended Queen's College, Oxford in 1871.[1] After graduating from Queen's College, he joined the British Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Suffolk Regiment.[2] He was gazetted Lieutenant in April 1890.[2] In August and September 1894, he featured in two first-class cricket matches for the Europeans against the Parsees at Bombay and Poona.[3] He later gained the rank of Captain in November 1898,[4] followed by promotion to Major in December 1905.[5] He retired from the British Indian Army in 1912.[6] He spent his final years living in Havant, Hampshire where he died in November 1948.

References

  1. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxoniensis: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. 4th volume. University of Oxford. p. 1255. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  2. "No. 26043". The London Gazette. 18 April 1890. p. 2275.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Edmund Saulez". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  4. "No. 27025". The London Gazette. 22 November 1898. p. 6939.
  5. "No. 27864". The London Gazette. 15 December 1905. p. 9010.
  6. "No. 28654". The London Gazette. 18 October 1912. p. 7690.
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