Country: | England |
Fullname: | Edward Knatchbull Hughes D'Aeth |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1866 |
Birth Place: | Knowlton, Kent, England |
Death Place: | New York City, New York, United States |
Family: | Lewis D'Aeth (brother) Henry Knight (grandfather) |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1885 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 44 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.80 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 22 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 18 April |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12010.html Cricinfo |
Edward Knatchbull Hughes D'Aeth (11 September 1866 – 19 September 1923) was an English first-class cricketer.
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.