Edward Austen

Edward Thomas Austen (28 January 1820 – 10 June 1908) was an English cricketer. Austen's batting style is unknown.

Edward Austen

Personal information
Full name	Edward Thomas Austen
Born	28 January 1820 Chawton, Hampshire, England
Died	10 June 1908(1908-06-10) (aged 88) Barfrestone, Kent, England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1844	MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 3 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 3* Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 January 2014

The son of Sir Francis William Austen and Mary Gibson, Austen was born at Chawton, Hampshire. He was a nephew to the novelist Jane Austen.^[1] He studied at St John's College, Oxford, gaining his BA in 1846 and his MA in 1850.^[2] He played a single first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University in 1844 at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford.^[3] In a match which Oxford University won by 5 runs, Austen was run out for a duck in the MCC's first-innings, while he ended their second not out on 3.^[4]

Austen was later the rector at Barfrestone, Kent, a position he held from 1854 until his death on 10 June 1908.^[2][1]

References

1. "Jane Austen family". www.janeaustensfamily.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Austen, Edward Thomas" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Edward Austen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
4. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1844". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

External links

• Edward Austen at ESPNcricinfo