lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling debutagainst tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting image name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
players 7,075 02 april 1901 3 september 1882 1 15 / -- 1882 -- 1885 1883 -- 1885 2011 28 february 1862 slow left-arm orthodox marylebone cricket club 2 england taunton , somerset , england oxford university somerset 8 left-handed ew bastard.jpg edward bastard edward william bastard oxford university wilton , taunton , somerset , england first-class 22 june http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/3/3430/3430.html cricketarchive first-class 1885 278 1862 02 28 y 137 gentlemen 0/0 37 e. w. bastard

e. w. bastard

edward william bastard -lrb- 28 february 1862 -- 2 april 1901 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played for oxford university and somerset .
bastard was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler , described in his `` wisden '' obituary as somerset 's best bowler during his time with the club .
bastard was also part of the oxford team often said to be the university 's best ever .
his first-class career was confined to his university years , when he appeared for both oxford and somerset .
close to the top of the bowling averages for both teams in each season , his 62 first-class wickets in 1885 placed him among the 20 most prolific wicket-takers in the country .
somerset 's temporary loss of first-class status in 1885 brought a premature end to bastard 's first-class career when he was 23 .
although he continued to play for the side in second-class cricket until 1889 , by the time somerset resumed first-class cricket in 1891 , bastard had lost his place following the emergence of sammy woods and the acquisitions of ted tyler and george nichols .
he died at the age of 39 while engaged in scholastic work in taunton .
