Edward Hewetson
CountryEngland
FullnameEdward Pearson Hewetson
Birth date27 May 1902
Birth placeMetchley House, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire
Death date26 December 1977 (aged 75)
Death placeBampton, Oxfordshire
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Club 1Warwickshire
Year 11919–1927
Club 2Oxford University
Year 21922–1925
Columns1
Column 1First-class
Matches 166
Runs 11,213
Bat avg 114.44
100s/50s 10/4
Top score 166
Deliveries 14,169
Wickets 1163
Bowl avg 125.57
Fivefor 16
Tenfor 11
Best bowling 15/16
Catches/stumpings 141/–
Date8 October
Year2022
Sourcehttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14758.html CricInfo

Edward Pearson Hewetson (27 May 1902 – 26 December 1977) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1919 and 1934 for Oxford University and Warwickshire. A right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman, Hewetson took 163 wickets in his career, and scored 1,213 runs at a batting average of 14.44.[1] He played twenty-nine matches for Warwickshire between 1919 and 1927, joining Oxford in 1922 and playing there until 1925. He played for Harlequins Cricket Club until 1927, and then for the Free Foresters Cricket Club until 1934.[2] An alumnus of Shrewsbury School, he also played for them during his school years,[3] and in 1920 he played at Lord's for a Lord's School XI against 'The Rest', taking a nine-wicket haul with the ball.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Edward Hewetson". CricInfo. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  2. ^ "First-Class Batting And Fielding For Each Team By Edward Hewetson". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Teams Edward Hewetson Played For". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Lord's Schools v The Rest Other matches in England 1920". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2014.