Ed Carpenter (cricketer)

Edward James Carpenter (born 10 September 1982) is an English cricketer. Carpenter is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Hammersmith, London and educated at Marlborough College.[1]

While studying for his degree at Durham University,[1] Carpenter made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Durham in 2004. He made two further first-class appearances in 2004, against Northamptonshire and Derbyshire.[2] In his three first-class matches, he failed to score any runs in four batting innings,[3] With the ball, he took just a single wicket which came at an overall cost of 155.00.[4]

Carpenter is the nephew of the historian David Carpenter and the grandson of the ecclesiastical historian and former Dean of Westminster Abbey Edward Carpenter. His maternal great-great-great-uncle was Sir Henry Evan Murchison James, a member of the Indian Civil Service who wrote about his travels in Manchuria.