Elisha Light

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Elisha Light

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Elisha Edward Light

| nickname =

| birth_date = 1 September 1873

| birth_place = Winchester, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|3|12|1873|9|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role =

| family = William Light (brother)

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1898–1900

| club2 = Carmarthenshire

| year2 = 1907

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 168

| bat avg1 = 10.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 35

| deliveries1 = 481

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 52.60

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/22

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| date = 18 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16290.html Cricinfo

}}

Elisha Edward Light (1 September 1873 — 12 March 1952) was an English first-class cricketer.

Light was born at Winchester in September 1873. He first played for Hampshire in second-class county cricket in 1893 and 1894.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6722/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Elisha Light|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 January 2023|url-access=subscription}} After a gap of four years, in which time Hampshire had regained their first-class status, Light trialled for Hampshire in a minor match in May 1898. In this, he took ten wickets in the match.Lord Hawks. North Devon Gazette. 24 May 1898. p. 3 This performance earned Light his first-class debut for Hampshire a few days later against Yorkshire at Southampton in the County Championship, with him playing first-class cricket until 1900, making thirteen appearances for Hampshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6722/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Elisha Light|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 January 2023|url-access=subscription}} Light took 5 wickets with his slow left-arm orthodox bowling in his thirteen first-class matches, at an average of 53.60 and with best figures of 2 for 22.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6722/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Elisha Light|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 January 2023|url-access=subscription}} As a lower order batsman, he scored 168 runs at a batting average of 10.50, with a highest score 35.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6722/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Elisha Light|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 January 2023|url-access=subscription}} He later played minor counties cricket in Wales for Carmarthenshire, making three appearances in the 1908 Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6722/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Elisha Light|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 January 2023|url-access=subscription}} Light died at Llanelli in March 1952. His brother, William, was also a first-class cricketer.