Edward Austin (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1847
Place of Birth: Buckland Ripers, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-Apr-1891
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Edward Austin (cricketer)
- Edward James Austin (25 September 1847 – 13 April 1891) was an English cricketer.
- Austin was a right-handed batsman who bowled roundarm medium pace, though which arm he bowled with is unknown.
- He was born at Buckland Ripers, Dorset. While studying at Trinity College, Oxford, Austin made a single first-class appearance for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford in 1869.
- Austin ended unbeaten on 0 in Oxford University's first-innings of 75 all out, while in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings of 229 all out, Austin took the wickets of Herbert Stewart and John West, finishing with figures of 2/58 from 24 overs.
- In Oxford University's second-innings, Austin was dismissed for 10 runs by George Wootton, with the university being dismissed for 124 to lose the match by an innings and 30 runs.
- This was his only major appearance for Oxford University. He died at Pimlico, London on 13 April 1891.
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