Edmund Bourne (cricketer) explained

Country:England
Fullname:Edmund Horace Bourne
Birth Date:14 February 1885
Birth Place:Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Death Place:Earlswood, Surrey, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm slow
Club1:Minor Counties
Year1:1912
Club2:Staffordshire
Year2:1904–1922
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:16
Bat Avg1:16.00
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:16
Deliveries1:
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Date:29 April
Year:2012
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9891.html Cricinfo

Edmund Horace Bourne (14 February 1885 – 7 August 1962) was an English cricketer. Bourne was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Bourne made his debut in county cricket for Staffordshire in the 1904 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Between 1904 and the start of World War I in 1914, Bourne made 49 appearances for Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] In 1912, he was selected to play in a combined Minor Counties cricket team for its inaugural appearance in first-class cricket against the touring South Africans at the County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1912.[2] In what was Bourne's only first-class appearance, he batted once in the match, scoring 16 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings as an opening batsman, before being dismissed by Aubrey Faulkner.[3] Following World War I, he made five further appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for Staffordshire, with his final appearance coming against the Surrey Second XI in 1912.[1]

Bourne had three brothers, all of whom played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire.[4] Bourne died at Earlswood, Surrey, on 7 August 1962. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Reigate, next to his wife, Elsie.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edmund Bourne. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Edmund Bourne. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.
  3. Web site: Minor Counties v South Africans, 1912. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Player profile: Edmund Bourne. CricketArchive. 29 April 2012.
  5. Web site: Edmund Horace Bourne grave monument details. www.gravestonephotos.com. 29 April 2012.