Edward Rose (cricketer)

Edward McQueen Rose (born 2 September 1936) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1958 to 1960.

Edward Rose
Personal information
Full name
Edward McQueen Rose
Born (1936-09-02) 2 September 1936
Oxted, Surrey, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–1960Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 24
Runs scored 700
Batting average 15.55
100s/50s 0/4
Top score 57
Balls bowled 15
Wickets 1
Bowling average 19.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/9
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 May 2015

Rose was educated at Rugby School. In 1955 he captained the First XI,[1] and also opened the batting for the schools team The Rest in the annual match against Southern Schools at Lord's. He went up to Cambridge University, where he played irregularly over three years as an opening and middle-order batsman without achieving a Blue. His best season was 1959, when he played 14 of the team's 19 matches and scored 500 runs at an average of 18.51.[2] His highest score was 57 against Kent in 1959.[3]

He played a few matches for Surrey Second XI between 1959 and 1962. He kept playing club cricket, especially for the Limpsfield club in Surrey, and was a National Cricket Association coach.[4] He captained the Rugby Meteors to victory in the Cricketer Cup in 1973, and toured the United States in 1992 and Canada in 1994 with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[5]

Rose was an industrialist. He wrote How to Win at Cricket, or, the Skipper's Guide (published in 1988), which John Arlott described as "a perceptive and thought-provoking study of captaincy which is expressed most cogently and is, above all, full of good, sound common sense".[4]

References

  1. Wisden 1956, p. 788.
  2. Wisden 1960, p. 664.
  3. "Kent v Cambridge University 1959". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. John Arlott, "Cricket Books, 1988", Wisden 1989, pp. 1240-42.
  5. "Miscellaneous matches played by Edward Rose". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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