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Edward Tredcroft (15 December 1828 – 8 April 1888) was an English cricketer active from 1851 to 1865 who played for Sussex. He was born in Horsham and died in Westminster. He appeared in 53 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled slow underarm. He scored 759 runs with a highest score of 44 not out and took 11 wickets with a best performance of three in one innings.[1] His own cricket ground played host to first-class cricket.

Family

Elder son of Henry Tredcroft (1788-1844), a Sussex landowner, and his wife Mary (1795-1872), daughter of Robert Hawgood Crew and widow of James Eversfield,[2] he inherited the mansion and estate of Warnham Court when he was in his teens. In 1850 he married Theodosia Sophia (1821-1898), daughter of Edward Bligh and his wife Sophia, daughter of William Markwick.[3] Two of their children reached adulthood.

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