# Edwin Field
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{{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](/source/Hampstead), England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|1|9|1871|12|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Bromley](/source/Bromley), England
| height =
| weight =
| position = [Fullback](/source/Rugby_union_positions)
| amatyears1 = 1883–?
| amatyears2 = 1891–1894
| amatyears3 =
| amatyears4 = 1893–1894
| amatyears5 = 1895–?
| amatteam1 = [Clifton RFC](/source/Clifton_Rugby_Football_Club)
| amatteam2 = [Cambridge University R.U.F.C.](/source/Cambridge_University_R.U.F.C.)
| amatteam3 = Middlesex Wanderers
| amatteam4 = [Barbarian F.C.](/source/Barbarian_F.C.)
| amatteam5 = [Richmond](/source/Richmond_F.C.)
| ru_amclubcaps =
| ru_amclubpoints =
| ru_amupdate =
| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}
| repyears1 = 1893
| repcaps1 = 2
| reppoints1 = 0
| ru_ntupdate =
| occupation = solicitor
| school = [Clifton College](/source/Clifton_College)
| university = [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge)
}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| image =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = [Batsman](/source/Batsman)
| club1 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = {{nowrap|1893–1894}}
| club2 = [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 1895
| club3 = [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3 = 1904–1906
| type1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| debutdate1 = 22 June
| debutyear1 = 1893
| debutfor1 = Cambridge Univ.
| debutagainst1 = [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club)
| lastdate1 = 24 May
| lastyear1 = 1906
| lastfor1 = Middlesex
| lastagainst1 = Sussex
| columns = 1
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| 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](/source/rugby_union) forward who played club rugby for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_R.U.F.C.), [Clifton R.F.C.](/source/Clifton_Rugby_Football_Club), [Richmond](/source/Richmond_F.C.), [Barbarians](/source/Barbarian_F.C.) and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team).[{{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 }}] He also played cricket for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) and [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club).[{{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 }}]
==Personal history==
Field was born in [Hampstead](/source/Hampstead) in 1872 to [Walter Field](/source/Walter_Field), a landscape painter. He was educated at [Clifton College](/source/Clifton_College)["Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p103: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948] from 1882 to 1891, before matriculating to [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1891. He received his B.A. in 1894.[{{acad|id=FLT891E|name=Field, Edwin}}] He worked as a solicitor, and died on 9 January 1947 at Bromley Cottage Hospital.[
==Rugby career==
In 1891, Field was the captain of the Clifton College rugby team. He played in [the Varsity Match](/source/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](/source/1893_Home_Nations_Championship). The first was the first match between [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team) and England in Cardiff. The second match was against [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team) at [Lansdowne Road](/source/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](/source/Charles_Hooper), who had also been playing for them.][
==Cricket career==
Field played for Trinity College, Cambridge, and for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club), taking part in the Varsity Match in 1894. He played for [Berkshire County Cricket Club](/source/Berkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1895, which was the year the club was formed. Between 1904 and 1906, he played six matches for [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club), all of them at [Lord's Cricket Ground](/source/Lord's_Cricket_Ground).][
==References==
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Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Category:Barbarian F.C. players
Category:Berkshire cricketers
Category:Cambridge University cricketers
Category:Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Camden
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:English cricketers
Category:English rugby union players
Category:Middlesex cricketers
Category:People educated at Clifton College
Category:Rugby union fullbacks
Category:Rugby union players from the London Borough of Camden
Category:People from Hampstead
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