Edward Snell (cricketer)
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| Full name | Edward Snell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1906 Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 September 1973 (aged 67) Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927–1928 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Snell (22 April 1906 – 6 September 1973) was an English cricketer and squash player. Snell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow.
Biography
He was born at Hove, Sussex, educated at Winchester College.[1] and studied at the University of Oxford.[2]
Snell made three first-class appearances for Sussex, two in the 1927 County Championship against Worcestershire and Glamorgan, and one against Leicestershire in the 1928 County Championship.[3] In his three first-class matches, he scored just 13 runs at an average of 4.33, with a high score of 13.[4]
After his Sussex cricket days he played squash and was three-times the runner-up at the British Amateur Squash Championships behind the Egyptian Amr Bey in 1932,[5] 1935[6] and 1936.[7]
Snell was a teacher at Mowden School, Brighton and played for the Jesters Squash Club. He Represented Great Britain and captained the first British international team to tour the United States following two previous private British tours by Colonel Drysdale in 1924 and Victor Cazalet in 1927. The 1934 team consisted of Guy Jameson of the Royal Engineers, G. D'Oyly Sheppard, Derek B. Adams, John A. Gillies and Theodore H. Drysdale.[8]
He died at the town of his birth on 6 September 1973.
References
- ↑ "Teams Edward Snell played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "New Sussex Amateurs". Evening News (London). 24 April 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Snell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Snell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "Amr Bey Retains Amateur Squash Rackets Title". Yorkshire Evening Post. 12 December 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Squash Rackets Amr Bey Regains the Amateur Title". The Scotsman. 17 December 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Squash Rackets Record". Gloucester Citizen. 14 December 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "British Squash Racquets Team Arrives for Competitive Tour; Jesters Club Players, 72 Hours Late Because of Storms, First Men's Group to Visit U.S. Since 1927 -- Snell Captain of Squad Which Will Play Here and in Canada". New York Times. 26 January 1934. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
External links
- Edward Snell at ESPNcricinfo
- Edward Snell at CricketArchive