Edward Greenwood

Edward Greenwood (19 January 1845 – 25 January 1899) was an English cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1873.

Greenwood was born at St John's Wood in London, the youngest son of John and Jane Greenwood (née Coar). His father worked as a solicitor and the family, which had houses in London and at Hildenborough, was wealthy enough for Greenwood to not need to work. He lived at Hildenborough near Tunbridge Wells throughout most of his life and played cricket for local teams, including Tonbridge, Edenbridge and Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club. Greenwood made his only first-class appearance for Kent against Lancashire in 1873 at Gravesend, scoring 13 runs in his second innings after making a duck in the first.

An accomplished club cricketer, Greenwood played in matches against the United South of England XI and the New United South of England XI, and also for at least ten significant clubs in Kent and Sussex. Although he bowled infrequently in club matches as he got older, he had taken nine wickets for the cost of just five runs for Leigh in 1863.

Greenwood married Mary Hollingdale in 1886 but had no children. The cause of death was recorded as alcoholism, although an obituary published immediately after his death in The Daily News attributed Greenwood's death to blood poisoning caused by a rabbit bite.