Edward Aburrow senior
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Edward Aburrow senior (dates of birth and death unknown) was a noted English cricketer of the mid-18th century. He was a Sussex man, believed to have been a native of the famous village of Slindon where his son Edward "Curry" Aburrow was born.
Aburrow senior was a smuggler and operated under an alias of Cuddy to disguise himself. This pseudonym has sometimes been used in cricket reports and scores.
Aburrow first appears in the records as a member of the Slindon team against London Cricket Club in the 1744 English cricket season. Later that season, he played for All-England against Kent in the famous match at the Artillery Ground. These two games have the earliest known scorecards.
Aburrow continued to play until at least the 1751 English cricket season. He is frequently found in single wicket contests and seems to have been very popular with the gamblers who frequented that form of cricket.
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- At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742 – 1751 by F S Ashley-Cooper in Cricket Magazine (1900) (ASW)
- Cricket Scores 1730 - 1773 by H T Waghorn (WCS)
- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket by G B Buckley (FLPV)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century by Timothy J McCann (TJM)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
