Edward Dewing

Edward May Dewing (25 April 1823 – 29 October 1899) was an English cricketer and antiquarian.

The son of the Reverend Edward Dewing, he was born in April 1823 at Carbrooke, Norfolk. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge. He first played for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in first-class matches in 1843, maintaining an association with the club until 1848. He made nineteen appearances for the MCC, In addition to playing for Cambridge University and the MCC, Dewing also made first-class appearances for Gentlemen of England on five occasions, as well as appearing once each for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture of 1845, for England and for a Single XI in the Married v Single match of 1844. He later served as a justice of the peace for Suffolk and was considered to by an authority on East Anglian antiquities.

Dewing died in October 1899 at Nowton, Suffolk. His son, Robert, also played first-class cricket.

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