Edward Colebrooke (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Edward Lotherington Colebrooke

| birth_date = 29 October 1858

| birth_place = Southborough, Kent, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1939|8|10|1858|10|29}}

| death_place = Canterbury, Kent, England

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| family = Kenneth Hutchings (nephew)
Frederick Hutchings (nephew)
William Hutchings (nephew)

| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1880

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 161

| bat avg1 = 13.41

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 34*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| date = 6 August

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11224.html Cricinfo

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Edward Lotherington Colebrooke (29 October 1858 – 10 August 1939) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Dr. Henry Colebrooke, he was born at Southborough in October 1858. He was educated at Charterhouse School,{{cite book |title=List of Carthusians 1800-1879 |first=W. D. |last=Parish |date=1877 |publisher=Farncombe and Co. |pages=53 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/List_of_Carthusians,_1800%E2%80%931879 |language=en}} before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=Oxford University Gazette |volume=7 |date=1877 |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=418 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dOhHAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} While at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University in 1879 at Oxford. The following season he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making five appearances and gaining a blue.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28628/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Colebrook |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-08-06 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228187.htmll |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1939 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=2019-08-06}} He made an additional first-class appearance in 1880 when he played for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Canterbury. In seven first-class matches, Colebrook scored 161 runs at an average of 13.41, with a high score of 34 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28628/28628.html |title=Player profile: Edward Colebrook |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-08-06 |url-access=subscription}} After graduating from Oxford, he became a priest in the Church of England. He died without issue at Canterbury in August 1939. His nephews Kenneth Hutchings, Frederick Hutchings and William Hutchings all played first-class cricket, with Kenneth playing at Test level for England.