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Herbert Edlmann

1840 – 1912

English cricketer and businessman

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Lived 1840 – 1912 (aged 71–72). Herbert Edlmann was a cricketer and businessperson.

Herbert Gottlieb Edlmann (July 1840 – 2 March 1912) was an English first-class cricketer and businessman.

The son of the Austrian businessman Joseph Frederick Edlmann and his wife, Mary Ann Agassiz of the Agassiz family, he Edlmann was born at Peckham in July 1840. He later studied at Exeter College, Oxford and after graduating he moved into business, becoming a director at the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. In cricket, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club at Canterbury in 1864. Batting twice in the match, he ended the Gentlemen of Kent first-innings not out on 13, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by Henry Arkwright.

Edlmann died at Wiltshire Farm near Wokingham in March 1912. His brother-in-law, Maurice Hall, also played first-class cricket.

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Born
1840, Peckham
Birth century
Education
Exeter College
Also known as
Herbert Gottlieb Edlmann

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Who was Herbert Edlmann?

English cricketer and businessman (1840-1912)

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Herbert Edlmann was born in 1840 in Peckham.

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Herbert Edlmann died on 2 March 1912 in Wokingham.

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Herbert Edlmann was a cricketer and businessperson.

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· Wikidata: Q98006422

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