{{short description|Australian cricketer and administrator (1848–1935)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Edward Heather | image = ED Heather.png | imagesize = 175px | country = | fullname = Edward Drinkall Heather | birth_date = {{birth date|1848|10|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Marylebone, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1935|7|10|1848|10|6|df=yes}} | death_place = Melbourne, Australia | nickname = | family = Percy Heather (son) | batting = | bowling = | role = | club1 = Victoria | year1 = 1871 | clubnumber1 = | date = 3 May | year = 2015 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5824.html Cricinfo }} '''Edward Drinkall Heather''' (6 October 1848 – 10 July 1935) was an Australian cricketer and administrator. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1871.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5824.html |title=Edward Heather |accessdate=3 May 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Heather was the honorary secretary of the Victorian Cricket Association for 30 years.<ref name=RecObit>{{cite journal |title=Mr. E. D. Heather's Illustrious Career Closes |journal=Record |date=13 July 1935 |page=6 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164475685}}</ref> He was a councillor for the City of South Melbourne for 18 years and served as mayor in 1888-89. He worked as secretary and librarian of the Emerald Hill Mechanics Institute, and then, when the Institute library became the South Melbourne library, as librarian for the City of South Melbourne, a combined service of 38 years from 1881 to 1919.<ref name=RecObit/>
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