Edward Tolfree

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

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

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| country = England

| fullname = Edward Tolfree

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|7|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|3|20|1881|7|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = West End, Hampshire, England

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| batting = Unknown

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| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1906–1919}}

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 53

| bat avg1 = 8.83

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 22*

| deliveries1 = 324

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 92.50

| fivefor1 = –

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| best bowling1 = 2/13

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 17 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21551.html Cricinfo

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Edward Tolfree (12 July 1881 – 20 March 1966) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Edward Tolfree, he was born at Southampton in July 1881. Tolfree made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the touring West Indians at Southampton in 1906, in what was his only appearance of that season. A single first-class appearance followed the following season against Warwickshire in the County Championship, followed by two further appearances in the 1909 County Championship against Surrey and Leicestershire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6888/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Tolfree|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} Tolfree returned to play for Hampshire following the end of the First World War, making his only post-war appearance against Middlesex at Lord's in the 1919 County Championship; his return to playing for Hampshire was likely necessitated by the impact the war had on Hampshire cricket, with many of its leading pre-war players being killed in action during the war.{{cite book|title=Cricket in the First World War|first=John|last=Broom|date=2022|publisher=Pen & Sword History|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9BkEAAAQBAJ|isbn=9781526780164|language=en}} In five first-class appearances, Tolfree scored 53 runs with a highest score of 22 not out,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6888/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Tolfree|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} while with the ball he took 2 wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6888/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Tolfree|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 April 2023|url-access=subscription}}

By profession, he was a property auctioneer in Southampton.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000407/19440707/040/0006 |title=Edward Tolfree Auctioneer |work=Hampshire Advertiser |location=Southampton |page=1 |date=13 March 1926 |access-date=2 April 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} Tolfree died in the Southampton suburb of West End in March 1966.