Edward Fortescue Wright, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdward Fortescue Wright
West Indian cricketer
Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1858
Place of Birth: Chudleigh, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Nov-1904
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Edward Fortescue Wright
- Edward Fortescue Wright (born 11 March 1858 in Coburg, Chudleigh, Devon, murdered on 23 November 1904 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a Gloucestershire cricketer who immigrated to the West Indies. He was a right-handed batsman and a round-arm right-hand fast bowler.
- He was educated at Sydney College, Bath.
- 'Scores and Biographies' notes that he was 5 foot 10½ inches high and weighed 11 stone 10 pounds. Edward Wright played four matches for Gloucestershire in 1878 scoring 81 runs and taking 1 wicket.
- On his debut against Surrey James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual reported that "Mr.
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- Wright, an amateur debutant, [contributed] a very freely hit 32." Earlier he had played for Somerset in 1875, before they were first-class, and for Devon between 1876 and 1884. He joined the Colonial Service and was posted to British Guiana.
- He made his debut for the colony against Trinidad in 1882-83 when he took 4 wickets and then scored 123 out of the British Guiana total of 168.
- This was the first first-class century in the West Indies.
- In 1887-88 he took 3-17 and 7-15 against Barbados. Against Slade Lucas's team in 1894-95 he took 5-34 in the first match and then scored 54 in the second match.
- More success followed in the 1895-96 Inter-Colonial Tournament when he scored 96 against Trinidad and then scored 26 and 85 and took 3-58 and 7-53 in the final against Barbados.
- In 1896-97 he played against Lord Hawke's team but had less success. The following season he was posted to Jamaica and joined the Jamaican Constabulary.
- He was promoted to Inspector General in charge of the Jamaica Constabulary and in 1902 was awarded the C.M.G.
- for his services. While in Jamaica he played three matches against RA Bennett side in 1901-02. He married Constant Hext in 1881 and had a son, Arthur, who played for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's in 1904 and also played for Devon.
- After the death of his first wife he married Annie Douglas Alexander in 1891. In 1904 a riot took place at Montego Bay.
- A small group of police with Wright in charge went there at once to investigate the incident.
- On the following day Wright and a colleague, Inspector Clarke, were strolling unarmed through the town and were mistaken for members of the local police force.
- They were attacked and whilst Inspector Clarke received a fractured skull from which he eventually recovered, Wright was so badly hurt that he died shortly afterwards.
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