{{Short description|England international rugby union player & cricketer}} {{about|the rugby and cricket player|the lawyer and painter|Edwin Wilkins Field}} {{Use British English|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Edwin Field | image = | caption = | birth_name = Edwin Field | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|12|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Hampstead, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|1|9|1871|12|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Bromley, England | height = | weight = | position = Fullback | amatyears1 = 1883–? | amatyears2 = 1891–1894 | amatyears3 = | amatyears4 = 1893–1894 | amatyears5 = 1895–? | amatteam1 = Clifton RFC | amatteam2 = Cambridge University R.U.F.C. | amatteam3 = Middlesex Wanderers | amatteam4 = Barbarian F.C. | amatteam5 = Richmond | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = {{nrut|England}} | repyears1 = 1893 | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | occupation = solicitor | school = Clifton College | university = Trinity College, Cambridge }} {{Infobox cricketer | image = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Batsman | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = {{nowrap|1893–1894}} | club2 = Berkshire | year2 = 1895 | club3 = Middlesex | year3 = 1904–1906 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 22 June | debutyear1 = 1893 | debutfor1 = Cambridge Univ. | debutagainst1 = Sussex | lastdate1 = 24 May | lastyear1 = 1906 | lastfor1 = Middlesex | lastagainst1 = Sussex | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 17 | runs1 = 618 | bat avg1 = 21.31 | 100s/50s1 = 1/2 | top score1 = 107 | deliveries1 = 65 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 13/– | date = 21 April | year = 2023 | source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/13038.html CricInfo }}
'''Edwin Field''' (16 December 1871 – 9 January 1947) was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University, Clifton R.F.C., Richmond, Barbarians and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for England.<ref name=Clifton>{{Cite web | last =Casey | first =Patrick |author2=Hale, Richard | title =Edwin Field | work =Clifton Rugby Football Club History | publisher =Clifton Rugby Football Club | url =http://www.cliftonrfchistory.co.uk/internationals/england/field/field.htm | accessdate =1 December 2009 }}</ref> He also played cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex.<ref name=Cricinfo>{{Cite web| title =Edwin Field | work =Cricinfo | publisher =ESPN EMEA Ltd. | url =http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/13038.html | accessdate =1 December 2009 }}</ref>
==Personal history== Field was born in Hampstead in 1872 to Walter Field, a landscape painter. He was educated at Clifton College<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p103: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948</ref> from 1882 to 1891, before matriculating to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1891. He received his B.A. in 1894.<ref>{{acad|id=FLT891E|name=Field, Edwin}}</ref> He worked as a solicitor, and died on 9 January 1947 at Bromley Cottage Hospital.<ref name=Clifton/>
==Rugby career== In 1891, Field was the captain of the Clifton College rugby team. He played in the Varsity Match in 1892, 1893 and 1894. In 1893, Field played both his international matches for England as part of the Home Nations Championship. The first was the first match between Wales and England in Cardiff. The second match was against Ireland at Lansdowne Road. By the time he played for England, Field had already joined Middlesex Wanderers. Between April 1893 and February 1894, he played three matches for the Barbarians, scoring a dropped goal.
After Middlesex Wanderers folded, Field joined Richmond alongside Charles Hooper, who had also been playing for them.<ref name=Clifton/>
==Cricket career== Field played for Trinity College, Cambridge, and for Cambridge University, taking part in the Varsity Match in 1894. He played for Berkshire County Cricket Club in 1895, which was the year the club was formed. Between 1904 and 1906, he played six matches for Middlesex, all of them at Lord's Cricket Ground.<ref name=Clifton/><ref name=Cricinfo/>
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