Edward Fellowes (cricketer)

Edward Lyon Fellowes (23 April 1845 – 23 July 1896) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Edward Fellowes
Personal information
Full nameEdward Lyon Fellowes
Born23 April 1845
Beighton, Norfolk, England
Died23 July 1896(1896-07-23) (aged 51)
Papworth Everard,
Cambridgeshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1865–1868Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 17
Runs scored 376
Batting average 18.80
100s/50s –/2
Top score 56
Balls bowled 2,955
Wickets 85
Bowling average 14.21
5 wickets in innings 6
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/46
Catches/stumpings 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 August 2019

The son of Thomas Lyon Fellowes, he was born in April 1845 at Beighton, Norfolk. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1865. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1868, making fifteen appearances.[3] Playing as a right-arm roundarm fast bowler, he took 83 wickets for Oxford at an average of 13.34, with best figures of 7 for 46. He took five wickets in a match on six occasions and took ten wickets in a match once.[4] With the bat, he scored 338 runs at a batting average of 18.77 and a high score of 56.[5] He was considered one of the best Oxford bowlers of his time.[6] While at Oxford, he also played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture of 1866.

A year after graduating from Oxford, he made a single appearance for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University.[3] Fellowes became a Church of England clergyman after leaving Oxford, taking holy orders in 1869.[1] He was the curate of Ormesbury and Mautby in Norfolk from 1869–74,[7] before becoming the vicar of Cumnor in Berkshire from 1874–76. He transferred to Wimpole in Cambridgeshire later in 1876, briefly becoming the rector there, before becoming the rector of Arrington.[2] He remained the rector of Arrington until his death at Papworth Everard in July 1896.

References
  1. James, L. Warwick (1952). Marlborough College Register: 1843-1952 (9 ed.). The College. p. 75.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 455.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Edward Fellowes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Fellowes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Fellowes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1896". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. Seiler, Robert Morris (1987). Walter Pater: a life remembered. University of Calgary Press. p. 22. ISBN 0919813283.
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