Edward Houseman Explained

Edward Houseman
Country:England
Fullname:Edward Outram Houseman
Birth Date:19 March 1869
Birth Place:Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
Death Place:Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Batting:Right-handed
Year1:1897
Type1:FC
Debutdate1:3 June
Debutyear1:1897
Debutfor1:Derbyshire
Debutagainst1:Lancashire
Onetype1:true
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:6
Bat Avg1:2.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:4
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:2/–
Date:April
Year:2012
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Players/30/30402/30402.html CricketArchive

Edward Outram Houseman (19 March 1869  - 10 April 1942) was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire in one game during the 1897 season.

Houseman was born in Dronfield, Derbyshire. His only game for Derbyshire was against Lancashire in the 1897 season. He was out for a duck in the first innings and scored four runs in the second in a match which Derbyshire lost by a one-wicket margin. Houseman was a right-handed batsman.[1]

In 1893 Houseman married Ada Ingham in the Prsecot district and by 1904 they had moved to Westhoughton, Lancashire. In 1910 their son Edward was killed in the Pretoria Pit Disaster and is commemorated on a plaque erected by the Bolton and District Cricket Association on the face of Westhoughton Town Hall.[2]

Houseman died at Westhoughton at the age of 73.

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Players/30/30402/30402.html Edward Houseman at Cricket Archive
  2. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Westhoughton/Pretoria/index.html Lancashire Online Parish Clerk project -Parish of Westhoughton