Edward Follett
English cricketer
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Edward Charles Follett (16 February 1842 – 6 June 1869) was an English first-class cricketer.
Fullname
Edward Charles Follett
Born16 February 1842
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died6 June 1869 (aged 27)
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
BattingRight-handed
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| Full name | Edward Charles Follett | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1842 Westminster, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 June 1869 (aged 27) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm roundarm slow | ||||||||||||||
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| 1868 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 May 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Sir William Webb Follett, he was born in February 1842 at Westminster. He was educated at Eton College,[1] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford. While studying law at Oxford, Follett was also a student of the Inner Temple.[2] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford in 1868.[3] Opening the batting, he was dismissed twice in the match by Robert Miles for scores of 0 and 3.[4] Follett died at Birmingham in June 1869.[5]