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Harrow cricket team of 1869 for the match against Eton. Bailey is in the front row, third from the right.

Edward Peter Baily ( St John's Wood, London 18 January 1852 – Tupsley, Herefordshire 21 January 1941) was an English first-class cricketer.

Edward Baily was educated at Harrow and Caius College, Cambridge. [1] He represented Cambridge University (being awarded two blues) in nine matches (1872–1874) and Middlesex in first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.

He became a preparatory school headmaster at Limpsfield in Surrey before retiring in 1906 to Herefordshire. [2]

His son Robert Baily represented Cambridge University and Surrey.

References

  1. ^ "Baily, Edward Peter (BLY871EP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Edward Peter Baily". p. 120. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

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