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Edmund McCorquodale

Edmund McCorquodale

English cricketer

Edmund George McCorquodale (23 July 1881 – 24 May 1904) was an English first-class cricketer.

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The son of George Frederick McCorquodale and his wife, Mary Augusta Walcott Henderson, he was born at Weybridge in July 1881.[1] He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1901, against Worcestershire and Surrey.[3] After injuring himself in the Surrey match, he featured in no further first-class matches for Cambridge.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1899, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5] He died from appendicitis in May 1904 at Tulcan Lodge in Advie, Morayshire.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Edmund George McCorquodale". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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    Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-1108036146.
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    "First-Class Matches played by Edmund McCorquodale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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    "Wisden - Obituaries in 1904". ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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    "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edmund McCorquodale". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2019.


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