| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Edward William Stocks |
| Birth Date: | 27 May 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Death Place: | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm roundarm medium |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1875–1876 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 18 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.60 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 11 |
| Deliveries1: | 32 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 26 January |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-stocks-21046 Cricinfo |
Edward William Stocks (27 May 1856 – 26 October 1876) was an English cricketer and athlete who played in four first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University, two each in the seasons of 1875 and 1876.[1] He was born and died at Norwich, Norfolk.
The son of the vice-master of the King's College Grammar School at Norwich, Stocks was educated after the death of his father at the Clergy Orphans' School, Canterbury and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] As a cricketer, he was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler in the roundarm style.[1] He had little success in his matches for Cambridge University, scoring just 18 runs in five innings and failing to take a wicket in eight overs, and he was not picked for the University Match against Oxford University in either of his two first-class seasons.[1] He did, however, win a Blue in athletics in both 1875 and 1876, competing in the long jump.[2]
Stocks' final cricket match of minor status was for Norfolk against Suffolk in August 1876, when he opened both the batting and the bowling.[3] He died two months after this game, at the age of just 20.