About Edward Stocks
Lived 1856 – 1876 (aged 20). Edward Stocks was a British cricketer.
Edward William Stocks (27 May 1856 – 26 October 1876) was an English cricketer and athlete who played in four first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University, two each in the seasons of 1875 and 1876. He was born and died at Norwich, Norfolk.
The son of the vice-master of the King's College Grammar School at Norwich, Stocks was educated after the death of his father at the Clergy Orphans' School, Canterbury and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. As a cricketer, he was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler in the roundarm style. He died two months after this game, at the age of just 20.
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Who was Edward Stocks?
British cricketer (1856-1876)
When was Edward Stocks born?
Edward Stocks was born on 27 May 1856.
When did Edward Stocks die?
Edward Stocks died on 26 October 1876.
What was Edward Stocks's occupation?
Edward Stocks was a cricketer.
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Edward Stocks was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Edward Stocks. https://biography.guide/edward-stocks/
MLA: "Edward Stocks." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/edward-stocks/.
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