Edward Causton

Edward Causton
Personal information
Full name
Edward Postle Gwyn Causton
Born(1876-11-27)27 November 1876
Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Died18 April 1957(1957-04-18) (aged 80)
Torquay, Devon, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1919Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 21
Batting average 21.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 21
Balls bowled 6
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 April 2023

Edward Postle Gwyn Causton OBE (27 November 1876 — 18 April 1957) was an English first-class cricketer, physician, and an officer in both the Royal Navy and British Army.

The son of the physician William Henry Causton, he was born at Hammersmith in November 1876. Causton studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and completed his medical training at St Mary's Hospital, London.[1] He was appointed to the Royal Navy as a surgeon in November 1903,[2] and was based on board HMS Cumberland.[1] He was promoted to staff surgeon in November 1911,[3] before withdrawing from his naval service in September 1913.[4] Causton returned to military service in the First World War with the Royal Army Medical Corps, during which he was appointed a temporary captain in August 1915 and a temporary major in September 1917;[5][6] he was mentioned in dispatches during his war service.[1]

Following the war, he was made an OBE in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[7] Causton played first-class cricket for Hampshire against Essex at Leyton in the 1919 County Championship.[8] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 21 runs by George Louden.[9] He was later a house surgeon and anaesthetist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire.[1] Causton died at St. John of God Nursing Home in Torquay in April 1957.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 541.
  2. ^ "No. 27621". The London Gazette. 1 December 1903. p. 7937.
  3. ^ "No. 28553". The London Gazette. 24 November 1911. p. 8716.
  4. ^ "No. 28755". The London Gazette. 12 September 1913. p. 6500.
  5. ^ "No. 29302". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 September 1915. p. 9300.
  6. ^ "No. 30310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 September 1917. p. 9989.
  7. ^ "No. 13457". The Edinburgh Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1919. p. 2001.
  8. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Causton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Essex v Hampshire, County Championship 1919". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Medical News". British Medical Journal. 1 (1132): 307. 11 May 1957. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5027.1132.