About Edward Houseman
Lived 1869 – 1942 (aged 73). Edward Houseman was a British cricketer.
Edward Outram Houseman (19 March 1869 – 10 April 1942) was an English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire in one game during the 1897 season.
Houseman was born in Dronfield, Derbyshire. His only game for Derbyshire was against Lancashire in the 1897 season. He was out for a duck in the first innings and scored four runs in the second in a match which Derbyshire lost by a one-wicket margin. Houseman was a right-handed batsman.
In 1893 Houseman married Ada Ingham in the Prsecot district and by 1904 they had moved to Westhoughton, Lancashire. In 1910 their son Edward was killed in the Pretoria Pit Disaster and is commemorated on a plaque erected by the Bolton and District Cricket Association on the face of Westhoughton Town Hall.
Houseman died at Westhoughton at the age of 73.
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Who was Edward Houseman?
English cricketer (1869-1942)
When was Edward Houseman born?
Edward Houseman was born on 19 March 1869 in Dronfield.
When did Edward Houseman die?
Edward Houseman died on 10 April 1942 in England, Westhoughton.
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Edward Houseman was a cricketer.
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Edward Houseman was British.
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