Edward Slinger

Edward Slinger (2 February 1938 – 31 July 2023) was an English first-class cricketer, solicitor and judge.

Edward Slinger
Personal information
Born(1938-02-02)2 February 1938
Accrington, Lancashire, England
Died31 July 2023(2023-07-31) (aged 85)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 12
Batting average –
100s/50s –/–
Top score 12*
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 November 2021

Biography

Slinger was born at Accrington on 2 February 1938. He was educated in the town at Accrington Grammar School,[1] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[2] After graduating from Balliol, he was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1961.[1] Although Slinger did not play cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club while studying at Oxford, he did feature for the Lancashire Second Eleven between 1963 and 1978, making 72 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship;[3] despite his large number of appearances for the second eleven, he never featured for the first eleven. Slinger did however feature in one first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1967.[4] Batting once in a match heavily affected by poor weather, he scored 12 not out in the MCC's first and only innings.[5] He was appointed a circuit judge in 1995, before retiring in 2010.[6] He additionally sat as a member of the Parole Board for England and Wales from 2009, and was a governor of Westholme School.[1]

Slinger died on 31 July 2023, at the age of 85.[7]

References
  1. "Edward Slinger" (PDF). www.westholmeschool.com. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. "Balliol College Annual Record 2020" (PDF). www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. p. 169. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edward Slinger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Edward Slinger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1967". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. "Circuit Bench Retirements - Slinger and Hammond". www.m2.com. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  7. "HH Edward Slinger". The Times. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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