| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Edward James Austin |
| Birth Date: | 25 September 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Buckland Ripers, Dorset, England |
| Death Place: | Pimlico, London, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Unknown arm roundarm medium |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1869 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 10 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 10 |
| Deliveries1: | 96 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 29.00 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/58 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 26 December |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8831.html Cricinfo |
Edward James Austin (25 September 1847 – 13 April 1891) was an English cricketer. Austin was a right-handed batsman who bowled roundarm medium pace, though which arm he bowled with is unknown. He was born at Buckland Ripers, Dorset.
While studying at Trinity College, Oxford, Austin made a single first-class appearance for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford in 1869.[1] Austin ended unbeaten on 0 in Oxford University's first-innings of 75 all out, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings of 229 all out, Austin took the wickets of Herbert Stewart and John West, finishing with figures of 2/58 from 24 overs. In Oxford University's second-innings, Austin was dismissed for 10 runs by George Wootton, with the university being dismissed for 124 to lose the match by an innings and 30 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Oxford University.
He died at Pimlico, London on 13 April 1891.