Edward Dewing

Edward Dewing
Personal information
Full name	Edward May Dewing
Born	25 April 1823; Carbrooke, Norfolk, England
Died	29 October 1899 (aged 76); Nowton, Suffolk, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Relations	Robert Dewing (son)
Domestic team information
1842–1845	Cambridge University
1843–1848	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Matches	38
Runs scored	467
Batting average	7.41
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	36
Balls bowled	44
Wickets	1
Bowling average	?
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	1/?
Catches/stumpings	6/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2019

Edward May Dewing JP (25 April 1823 – 29 October 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and antiquarian.

The son of the Reverend Edward Dewing, he was born in April 1823 at Carbrooke, Norfolk.^[1] He was educated at Harrow School,^[2] before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Cambridge Town Club at Parker's Piece. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University until 1845, making eleven appearances.^[3] He first played for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in first-class matches in 1843, maintaining an association with the club until 1848. He made nineteen appearances for the MCC,^[3] scoring 223 runs at an average of 6.96 and a high score of 36.^[4] In addition to playing for Cambridge University and the MCC, Dewing also made first-class appearances for Gentlemen of England on five occasions, as well as appearing once each for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture of 1845, for England and for a Single XI in the Married v Single match of 1844.^[3] He was a founding member of I Zingari in 1845,^[1] alongside John Loraine Baldwin, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby (later 6th Earl of Bessborough), the Hon. Spencer Ponsonby (later Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane) and Richard Penruddocke Long, who were dining at the Blenheim Hotel in London's Bond Street after a match against Harrow School.

After graduating from Cambridge, he was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1847, but was never called to the bar.^[1] He served in the Suffolk Rifle Volunteers as a lieutenant from 1863–66.^[5] He later served as a justice of the peace for Suffolk and was considered to by an authority on East Anglian antiquities.^[1] He published three articles in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute for Archaeology and Natural History.^[6]

Dewing died in October 1899 at Nowton, Suffolk. His son, Robert, also played first-class cricket.

Works

Edw. M. Dewing (1886). "Notes on Lavenham Church and parish" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. 6: 105–130. ISSN 0262-6004. Wikidata Q102403322.

— (1888). "Roman-British remains found at Hawkedon" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. 6: 9. ISSN 0262-6004. Wikidata Q102403226.

— (1889). "Pedigree of Wingfield" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. 7: 57–68. ISSN 0262-6004. Wikidata Q102403410.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-1108036146.
^ Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. p. 162.
^ ^a ^b ^c "First-Class Matches played by Edward Dewing". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Dewing". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "No. 22412". The London Gazette. 10 August 1860. p. 2973.
^ "Library". archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2020.