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| Born | 1862 Islington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 December 1938 (aged 76) Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1883–84 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 16 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henry Edser (1862 – 9 December 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1883–84 season.
Born in England, Edser was a bowler and useful lower-order batsman who went on Canterbury's northern tour in December-January 1883–84. He did little in the first match against Auckland, but in the second match, against Wellington, he took 5 for 65 and 8 for 75, as well as scoring some useful runs in a low-scoring match, to help take Canterbury to a 15-run victory. It was the first time a Canterbury bowler had taken as many as 13 wickets in a first-class match. However, he played no further matches for Canterbury.
Edser was a civil servant. He and his wife Annie had two children before she died in April 1894, aged 26. He died in December 1938, aged 76.