Full name Edward Mark Sprot Name Edward Sprot 1898 – 1914 Hampshire | Bowling style Right-arm medium Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 4 February 1872 ( 1872-02-04 ) Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Died 8 October 1945(1945-10-08) (aged 73)
Lower Bourne, Surrey, England | ||
Edward Mark Sprot (born 4 February 1872 in Edinburgh, Midlothian; died 8 October 1945 at Lower Bourne, Surrey) was a Scottish cricketer who played 270 first-class cricket matches for Hampshire. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Sprot captained Hampshire between 1903 and 1914. During his career he scored 12,328 runs at 28.66 as well as taking 55 wickets at 33.90. His cricket career came to an end with the onset of the First World War.
Sprot died aged 73 in Lower Bourne, Surrey.
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