Edgar Sheldrake

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Edgar Sheldrake

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|1|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Aldershot, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|12|14|1864|1|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Surbiton, Surrey, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1884–1885

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 52

| bat avg1 = 10.40

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 20

| deliveries1 = 160

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 78.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/41

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 15 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20152.html Cricinfo

}}

Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake (18 January 1864 — 14 December 1950) was an English first-class cricketer and publisher.

Edgar Sheldrake was born in Aldershot in Hampshire in 1864, the son of William Henry Sheldrake (1816–1885), a stationer and printer of Sheldrake's Aldershot Military Gazette.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/aldershot-military-gazette|title=Sheldrake's Aldershot Military Gazette (1859–1932)|access-date=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} As a young man he joined his father's publishing and printing business in Aldershot.{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/6598/HAMRG12_563_565-0130?pid=17723389&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D6598%26h%3D17723389%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv1052%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv1052&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true|title=1891 England Census for Edgar F T Sheldrake|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}

Sheldrake performed well in club cricket in Aldershot, which gained the attention of Hampshire.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001746/19040903/103/0007|title=Notes about cricket|work=Aldershot News|page=7|date=3 September 1904|access-date=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} He went on to play for Hampshire in three first-class cricket matches, playing twice in 1884 against Sussex and Somerset and once in 1885 against Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6846/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Edgar Sheldrake|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} In these, he scored 52 runs with a highest score of 20,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6846/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edgar Sheldrake|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} in addition to taking a single wicket.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6846/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edgar Sheldrake|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} Although his county cricket amounted to three matches, he continued to play in Aldershot club cricket for the Aldershot Athletic Club, where he scored heavily as a batsman into the 1890s.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18960706/085/0003|title=A 357 batting average|work=Sporting Life|location=Leeds|page=3|date=6 July 1896|access-date=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} After his cricketing career he continued to work for the family newsagent and stationers business.{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_03144_0407_03?pid=41658643&backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/35978495/person/110076562472/gallery&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv1059&usePUBJs=true|title=1911 England Census for Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}

On 3 February 1900, he married Lucy Maunde (1862–1935) at St Bartholomew's church in Haslemere in Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/4779/40815_1831109333_1631-00116?pid=2868012&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D4779%26h%3D2868012%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv1053%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv1053&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true|title=Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Edgar Francis Talman Sheldrake|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=28 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} There were no children from the marriage. Sheldrake died in Surbiton in December 1950.