About Edmund Chadwick
Lived 1847 – 1918 (aged 70). Edmund Chadwick was a British cricketer.
Edmund Leach Chadwick (31 August 1847 – 6 August 1918) was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He appeared in 13 first-class matches as a right handed batsman, scoring 254 runs with a highest score of 42, and held two catches.
Chadwick was born at Rochdale in 1847, the son of Thomas Chadwick, a woolen manufacturer from London who had been born in Scotland. He was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham and then at Marlborough College, although he did not play cricket for the college team. He played club cricket for the Castleton club in Rochdale, including against the touring Australian Aboriginal team in 1868 and in 1875 made his first-class debut, playing for Lancashire against MCC at Lord's.
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Who was Edmund Chadwick?
British cricketer (1847-1918)
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Edmund Chadwick was born on 31 August 1847.
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Edmund Chadwick died on 6 August 1918.
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Edmund Chadwick was a cricketer.
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Edmund Chadwick was British.
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