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| Full name | Edward Charles Follett | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1842 Westminster, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 June 1869(1869-06-06) (aged 27) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm roundarm slow | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 9 May 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Edward Charles Follett (16 February 1842 – 6 June 1869) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Sir William Webb Follett, he was born in February 1842 at Westminster. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Balliol College, Oxford. While studying law at Oxford, Follett was also a student of the Inner Temple. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford in 1868. Opening the batting, he was dismissed twice in the match by Robert Miles for scores of 0 and 3. Follett died at Birmingham in June 1869.
References
- The Eton Register. Spottiswoode & Co. 1905. p. 53.
- Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Follett, Edward Charles" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- "First-Class Matches played by Edward Follett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1868". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries. Trewman's Exeter Flying Post. 16 June 1869. p. 5