Edward Cowell

For the translator of Persian poetry and professor of Sanskrit, see Edward Byles Cowell.

Edward Cowell (22 March 1848 — 17 November 1885) was an English first-class cricketer.

Edward Cowell

Personal information
Full name	Edward Cowell
Born	22 March 1848[1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	17 November 1885(1885-11-17) (aged 37) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1867	Cambridgeshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 37 Batting average 7.40 100s/50s –/– Top score 13 Balls bowled 153 Wickets 4 Bowling average 15.25 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/11 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 March 2022

Cowell was born at Cambridge in March 1848. He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1867, making two appearances against Nottinghamshire and one appearance against Yorkshire.^[2] A right-arm roundarm fast bowler,^[1] he took 4 wickets with best figures of 3 for 11.^[3] As a batsman, he scored 37 runs with a highest score of 13.^[4] It was noted by Fred Lillywhite that Cowell was a strong fielder at mid-on.^[1] In the same year that he played for Cambridgeshire, he was engaged by Trinity College at their cricket ground in Cambridge and was later engaged by Warwickshire in 1874 at their County Ground in Warwick.^[1] Cowell died at Cambridge in November 1885.

References

1. Lillywhite, Frederick (1878). Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies. Greenwich and Lewisham: W. H. Crockford. p. 19.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Edward Cowell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
3. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Cowell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
4. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Cowell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

External links

• Edward Cowell at ESPNcricinfo