Edward Heather | |
Fullname: | Edward Drinkall Heather |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1848 |
Birth Place: | Marylebone, London, England |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
Family: | Percy Heather (son) |
Club1: | Victoria |
Year1: | 1871 |
Date: | 3 May |
Year: | 2015 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5824.html Cricinfo |
Edward Drinkall Heather (6 October 1848 – 10 July 1935) was an Australian cricketer and administrator. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1871.[1]
Heather was the honorary secretary of the Victorian Cricket Association for 30 years.[2] He was a councillor for the City of South Melbourne for 18 years and served as mayor in 1888-89. He worked as secretary and librarian of the Emerald Hill Mechanics Institute, and then, when the Institute library became the South Melbourne library, as librarian for the City of South Melbourne, a combined service of 38 years from 1881 to 1919.[2]