Egerton Wright

Egerton Wright
Personal information
Full name	Egerton Lowndes Wright
Born	15 November 1885; Chorley, Lancashire, England
Died	11 May 1918 (aged 32); Barly, Somme, France
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
1905 to 1908	Oxford University
1905 to 1910	Lancashire
Career statistics
Matches	37
Runs scored	1638
Batting average	24.81
100s/50s	0/10
Top score	95
Balls bowled	51
Wickets	1
Bowling average	40.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	1/6
Catches/stumpings	26/3
	Source: Cricinfo, 25 November 2017

Egerton Lowndes Wright MC (15 November 1885 – 11 May 1918) was an English cricketer and soldier who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Oxford University from 1905 to 1910.

Wright was born in Chorley, Lancashire, and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.^[1] He appeared in 37 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. He scored 1638 runs with a highest score of 95 and held 26 catches with three stumpings.^[2]

He married Violet Shakespear in 1911. They had two children.^[3]

In World War I, Wright was a captain with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He went to France in 1915 and served there with distinction, being awarded the Military Cross^[4] and twice mentioned in dispatches. He was killed in action near Barly, Somme, on 11 May 1918.^[5]

References

^ Nigel McCrery, Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War, Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley, 2015. pp. 293–94.
^ Egerton Wright at ESPNcricinfo
^ "Wright, Egerton Lowndes". Winchester College at War. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. p. 50.
^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 5 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.