Edward Alexander Frederick Harenc (14 June 1814 – 3 August 1853) was an English clergyman and first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University in 1840 and 1841.[1] He was born at Foots Cray in Kent and died at Broadstairs, also in Kent. He was buried at Foots Cray alongside his wife.[2]
Edward was the son of Benjamin Harenc, whose father was a Huguenot refugee who fled to England.[3] One of a series of cricketing brothers, the most prolific of whom was Charles Harenc, Edward Harenc played in a single match for a Gentlemen of Kent side in 1837 and then in three matches while at Cambridge University, the last of which was the 1841 University Match against Oxford University.[1] Harenc opened the innings for Cambridge in the first innings, and came in at first wicket down in the second, but his scores were 0 and 2 in a very tight game won by Cambridge by only eight runs.[4]
His mother, Sophia, was a member of the Berens family, which was closely associated with cricket in Kent.[5] [6] His first cousins Richard and Henry Berens played for Gentleman of Kent.[7]
Harenc was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[8] He was ordained as a priest on graduation and was priest in charge of the parish of Longcot, then in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), from 1846 to 1853.[8]
Aside from Charles, his other brothers Archibald and Henry also played first-class cricket.