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Full name | Edward Lyon Fellowes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 23 April 1845 Beighton, Norfolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 July 1896 Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, England | (aged 51)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1865–1868 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 17 August 2019 |
Edward Lyon Fellowes (23 April 1845 – 23 July 1896) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of Thomas Lyon Fellowes, he was born in April 1845 at Beighton, Norfolk. He was educated at Marlborough College, [1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford. [2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1865. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1868, making fifteen appearances. [3] Playing as a right-arm roundarm fast bowler, he took 83 wickets for Oxford at an average of 13.34, with best figures of 7 for 46. He took five wickets in a match on six occasions and took ten wickets in a match once. [4] With the bat, he scored 338 runs at a batting average of 18.77 and a high score of 56. [5] He was considered one of the best Oxford bowlers of his time. [6] While at Oxford, he also played for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture of 1866.
A year after graduating from Oxford, he made a single appearance for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University. [3] Fellowes became a Church of England clergyman after leaving Oxford, taking holy orders in 1869. [1] He was the curate of Ormesbury and Mautby in Norfolk from 1869–74, [7] before becoming the vicar of Cumnor in Berkshire from 1874–76. He transferred to Wimpole in Cambridgeshire later in 1876, briefly becoming the rector there, before becoming the rector of Arrington. [2] He remained the rector of Arrington until his death at Papworth Everard in July 1896.