Edward Righton, senior

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Edward Righton, senior

England
Full name	Edward Grantham Righton
Born	23 November 1884 (1884-11-23)
	Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Died	3 January 1964 (aged 79)
	Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1911–1913	Worcestershire
Career statistics
	FC
Matches	4
Runs scored	60
Batting average	15.00
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	48

Balls bowled	12
Wickets	1
Bowling average	21.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	1/21
Catches/stumpings	1/–
As of 9 September 2007 Source: [1]

Edward Grantham Righton (23 November 1884–3 January 1964) was an English cricketer who played four first-class matches for Worcestershire between 1911 and 1913.

Although he had appeared for Worcestershire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship as early as 1907,^[1] Righton made his first-class debut in July 1911, playing against Leicestershire at Worcester. It proved to be by far the most successful of his four games at this level: Righton hit a first-innings 48 and took his only first-class wicket, that of England Test cricketer Albert Knight.^[2] He did nothing in his three subsequent games, other than to hold a catch to dismiss Thomas Langdon in his final match, against Gloucestershire in June 1913.^[3]

His son Edward (also, in fact, named Edward Grantham Righton) also played four times for Worcestershire, in the mid-1930s.