Edwin Lineham

{{Short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Edwin Lineham

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Edwin Lineham

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|4|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|8|12|1879|4|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling =

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1898

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = 0.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 0*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 14 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16299.html Cricinfo

}}

Edwin Lineham (28 April 1879 — 12 August 1949) was an English first-class cricketer.

Lineham was born in the Landport district of Portsmouth in April 1879. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the 1898 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6724/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Edwin Lineham|access-date=9 April 2024|url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Johnny Briggs in Hampshire's first innings, while in their second innings he was promoted from the middle order to open the batting alongside Ledger Hill, but ended Hampshire's brief one over innings unbeaten without scoring.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4984.html|title=Lancashire v Hampshire, County Championship 1898|access-date=9 April 2024|url-access=subscription}} Lineham died in Portsmouth at St Mary's Hospital on 12 August 1949.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000290/19490817/145/0010|title=Deaths|work=Portsmouth Evening News|page=10|date=17 August 1949|access-date=9 April 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}