Edward Bligh (cricketer, died 1872)

Edward Bligh of Brittas DL JP (1797 – 11 April 1872) was an Irish landowner who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in the 1810s. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totaling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches.[1]

Edward Bligh
Personal information
Full name
Edward Bligh
Born1797
County Meath, Ireland
Died11 April 1872(1872-04-11) (aged 74–75)
County Meath, Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1819Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 26
Batting average 13.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 20
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2022

Early life

He was the second son of Thomas Cherburgh Bligh, and Lady Theodosia Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley.

Education and cricket career

He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated in 1818 at St John's College, Cambridge.[2][3] At Cambridge, he played first-class cricket. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totaling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches.[1]

Personal life

On 9 August 1820 at Horsham, he married Sophia Eversfield (1792–1843), daughter of William Markwick, who had changed his surname to Eversfield.[4] They had two children:

  • Theodosia Sophia Bligh (1821–1898),[5] who in 1850 married Edward Tredcroft, and;
  • Frederick Cherburgh Bligh (1828–1901)[6] who in 1858 married Emily Matilda East, daughter of Hinton East.

References
  1. "Edward Bligh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Bligh, Edward (BLH818E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Edward Walford (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. R. Hardwicke. p. 99.
  4. Berry, William (1830). The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London: Continued to 1993. p. 155.
  5. Theodosia Sophia Bligh, 19 Jul 1821; Horsham, Sussex, England England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, p. 1141 p 143; FHL microfilm 918,273, retrieved 30 September 2016
  6. Frederick Cherburgh Bligh, Nobber, Meath, Ireland; FHL microfilm 0962187 IT 8. Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881, retrieved 30 September 2016


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