Edward Causton

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Edward Causton

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| country = England

| fullname = Edward Postle Gwyn Causton

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|11|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hammersmith, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|4|18|1876|11|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Torquay, Devon, England

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1919

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 21

| bat avg1 = 21.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 21

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 11 April

| year = 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-causton-10694 Cricinfo

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Edward Postle Gwyn Causton {{postnominal|OBE}} (27 November 1876 — 18 April 1957) was an English first-class cricketer, physician, and an officer in both the Royal Navy and British Army.

The son of the physician William Henry Causton, he was born at Hammersmith in November 1876. Causton studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and completed his medical training at St Mary's Hospital, London.{{cite book|last=Venn|first=John|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses|year=1944|volume=1|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=541|url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri01univuoft|language=en}} He was appointed to the Royal Navy as a surgeon in November 1903,{{London Gazette|issue=27621|date=1 December 1903|page=7937}} and was based on board {{HMS|Cumberland|1902|6}}. He was promoted to staff surgeon in November 1911,{{London Gazette|issue=28553|date=24 November 1911|page=8716}} before withdrawing from his naval service in September 1913.{{London Gazette|issue=28755|date=12 September 1913|page=6500}} Causton returned to military service in the First World War with the Royal Army Medical Corps, during which he was appointed a temporary captain in August 1915 and a temporary major in September 1917;{{London Gazette|issue=29302|date=17 September 1915|page=9300|supp=y}}{{London Gazette|issue=30310|date=25 September 1917|page=9989|supp=y}} he was mentioned in dispatches during his war service.

Following the war, he was made an OBE in the 1919 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=13457|date=5 June 1919|page=2001|supp=y}} Causton played first-class cricket for Hampshire against Essex at Leyton in the 1919 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6527/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Causton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 21 runs by George Louden.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9638.html|title=Essex v Hampshire, County Championship 1919|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} He was later a house surgeon and anaesthetist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire. Causton died at St. John of God Nursing Home in Torquay in April 1957.{{cite journal|date=11 May 1957|title=Medical News|journal=British Medical Journal|volume=1|issue=1132|page=307|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.5027.1132}}