# Ned Sanders

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**Edward James Sanders** (6 October 1852 – 27 October 1904) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricketer](/source/Cricket).

The son of Edward Andrew Sanders, he was born in October 1852 at [Heavitree, Devon](/source/Heavitree).[1] He was educated at [Harrow School](/source/Harrow_School),[2] before going up to [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College,_Cambridge).[1] Sanders did not find a place in either of the cricketing elevens at Harrow or Cambridge, but did represent Cambridge in [rackets](/source/Rackets_(sport)) against Oxford in 1872–74.[3] After graduating from Cambridge, he became a banker and was a partner in the Exeter Bank, until it merged with Prescott's in 1902.[1][3] Sanders was commissioned into the [Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry](/source/Royal_1st_Devon_Yeomanry) as a [cornet](/source/Cornet_(rank)) in September 1871,[4] and was subsequently promoted to the rank of [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) and finally to the rank of [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in October 1881.[5]

A keen amateur cricketer, he led his own personal team on tours to North America in September 1885 and September–October 1886, with the team playing a variety of matches in Canada and the United States, which included [first-class matches](/source/First-class_cricket) against the [Philadelphian cricket team](/source/Philadelphian_cricket_team).[3] Sanders featured in one first-class match against the Philadelphians on the 1885 tour,[6] scoring 3 runs and taking the wicket of [Charles Newhall](/source/Charles_Newhall).[7] In his final years he was the honorary secretary and treasurer of [Devon County Cricket Club](/source/Devon_County_Cricket_Club), then in its infancy.[3] Sanders spent the final six years of his life in ill-health, unable to walk long distances.[3] He died at Heavitree in October 1904.

## References

1. Venn, John (1953). [*Alumni Cantabrigienses*](https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri05univuoft). Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. pp. [290](https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri05univuoft/page/290)

1. Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). [*The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893*](https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolreg00schogoog). Longmans, Green. p. [407](https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolreg00schogoog/page/n426)

1. ["Wisden - Obituaries in 1904"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227832.html). ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

1. No. 23782. 6 October 1871. p. 4167.

1. No. 25022. 4 October 1881. p. 4940.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Ned Sanders"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32577/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

1. ["Gentlemen of Philadelphia v EJ Sanders' XI, 1885"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3035.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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