| Edward Righton senior | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Edward Grantham Righton |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Evesham, Worcestershire, England |
| Death Place: | Evesham, Worcestershire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Worcestershire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 60 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 48 |
| Deliveries1: | 12 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/21 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 9 September |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Source: | http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32378/32378.html CricketArchive |
Edward Grantham Righton (23 November 1884 – 3 January 1964) was an English first-class cricketer who played four matches for Worcestershire between 1911 and 1913.
Although he had appeared for Worcestershire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship as early as 1907,[1] Righton made his first-class debut in July 1911, playing against Leicestershire at Worcester. It proved to be by far the most successful of his four games at this level: Righton hit a first-innings 48 and took his only first-class wicket, that of England Test cricketer Albert Knight.[2] He did nothing in his three subsequent games, other than to hold a catch to dismiss Thomas Langdon in his final match, against Gloucestershire in June 1913.[3]
His son Edward (also, in fact, named Edward Grantham Righton) also played four times for Worcestershire, in the mid-1930s.