| Edward Austen | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Edward Thomas Austen |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1820 |
| Birth Place: | Chawton, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Barfrestone, Kent, England |
| Year1: | 1844 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 3 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 3 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 5 January |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8900.html Cricinfo |
Edward Thomas Austen (28 January 1820 – 10 June 1908) was an English cricketer. Austen's batting style is unknown.
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. He played a single first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University in 1844 at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford.[2] 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.[3]
Austen was later the rector at Barfrestone, Kent, a position he held from 1854 until his death on 10 June 1908.[1]