Edward Taswell

Lieutenant-colonelEdward Taswell (21 June 1826 – 1 June 1889) was an English soldier and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1847 and 1863.^[1]

Taswell was born at Canterbury in 1826, the son of George Morris Taswell who was a Justice of the Peace.^[2][3] He joined the Royal Artillery (RA) and was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in June 1845.

He served in the RA until retiring in 1870. As a captain Taswell served at the Siege of Sebastapol during the Crimean War in 1854 and was awarded the Crimea Medal and the Turkish Crimea Medal.^[4] He was serving at Dover in 1861 in 273 Regiment before being promoted to the rank of major in 1867 and lieutenant-colonel in 1868. He retired with the honorary rank of colonel.^[3][5][6]

Cricket

Taswell played for the Royal Artillery Cricket Club from 1846 to 1867. He played in minor matches for I Zingari, and then played for Gentlemen of Kent in 1847 during the first Canterbury Cricket Week to be held at the St Lawrence Ground. He made a total of nine appearances in important matches, all of them at the St Lawrence Ground, including three for Kent between 1860 and 1861.^[7]

Taswell died at Worthing in Sussex in 1889 aged 62.^[2] His brother, Henry, was also first-class cricketer.

References

1. Carlaw, pp. 514–515. (Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
2. Edward Taswell, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
3. Dover First and Last], Dover War Memorial Project, 2007. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
4. Hart HG (1873) Hart's Army List, 1873, p.56. London: John Murray. (Available online. Retrieved 2018-12-02.)
5. The London Gazette, 1870-09-02, p.4040. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
6. Hart op. cit., p.40.
7. Edward Taswell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-02.

Bibliography

• Carlaw, Derek (2020). Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part One (1806–1914)(PDF). Cardiff: ACS.

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