Edward D'Aeth
English cricketer
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Edward Knatchbull Hughes D'Aeth (11 September 1866 – 19 September 1923) was an English first-class cricketer.
New York City, New York, United States
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| Full name | Edward Knatchbull Hughes D'Aeth | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1866 Knowlton, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 September 1923 (aged 57) New York City, New York, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Lewis D'Aeth (brother) Henry Knight (grandfather) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1885 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 April 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Narborough Hughes D'Aeth, he was born at Knowlton Court in Kent in September 1866. He was educated at Haileybury,[1] before going up to St Mary Hall, Oxford in 1885,[2] before transferring to Lincoln College, Oxford in April 1886.[3] While studying at Oxford, he three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1885, against the Marylebone Cricket Club, Lancashire and the Gentlemen of England.[4] In his three first-class matches for Oxford, D'Aeth scored 44 runs with a high score of 22.[5]
He later migrated to Florida to become a fruit farmer, where he married in 1894 and was living at Tampa in 1899.[1][3] D'Aeth died at New York City in September 1923. His grandfather, Henry Knight, and brother, Lewis D'Aeth, both played first-class cricket.