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Edward Tate
Personal information
Born(1877-08-30)30 August 1877
Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England
Died4 January 1953(1953-01-04) (aged 75)
Malvern, Worcestershire, England
NicknameFather[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898–1902Hampshire
1899–1902Marylebone Cricket Club
1910–1923Devon
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 35
Runs scored 326
Batting average 7.24
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 34*
Balls bowled 4,598
Wickets 66
Bowling average 31.12
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 8/51
Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2010

Edward Tate (30 August 1877 – 4 January 1953) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket coach.

Tate was born in the New Forest at Lyndhurst in August 1877. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Yorkshire at Huddersfield in the 1898 County Championship, taking 5 for 83 against a strong Yorkshire team.[1] Tate played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1902, making 29 appearances.[2] Playing primarily as a right-arm medium pace bowler, he took 56 wickets for Hampshire at an average of 31.03; he took two five wicket hauls and took ten-wickets in a match once, all in 1898.[3] His debut season was his most successful, with 35 wickets at an average of 27.94. In this season, alongside his five wicket haul on debut, he also took figures of 8 for 51 (match figures of 11 for 114) against Somerset on a crumbling pitch at Bournemouth, which saw Hampshire overcome a first innings deficit of 115 to win by nine runs.[1][4] In addition to playing for Hampshire, Tate also made five first-class appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1899 and 1902 and one for A. J. Webbe's personal team.[2]

Following the end of his playing career with Hampshire at the end of the 1902 season, Tate was employed by Malvern College in Worcestershire as their cricket professional and manager of the college clothing store, an association which lasted for fifty years.[1][5] During the summer break, he began playing minor counties cricket for Devon, beginning in 1910. He played for Devon either side of the First World War, making thirteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship until 1923.[6] During the war, he served with the Royal Artillery in France on the Western Front.[1] Tate died at Malvern in January 1953.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Wisden - Obituaries in 1953". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Edward Tate". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Tate". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Hampshire v Somerset, County Championship 1898". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Edward Tate". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 7 January 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edward Tate". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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