Edward William Page was an English

England

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 cricket

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er who played first-class cricket

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 for Somerset County Cricket Club

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 in 1885. He was born at Bradford on Tone

Bradford on Tone

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, Somerset

Somerset

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, but the date and place of his death are not known.

Page played as an amateur lower-order batsman and a bowler in his single match for Somerset, though neither his batting style nor his bowling style are recorded. The match, against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 at The Oval

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, was effectively decided on the first day, when Surrey scored 564 for seven wickets; in all Surrey totalled 635 and Page took no wickets for 67 runs in 27 (four-ball) overs. Page scored 1 in Somerset's first innings and was not out at the end of it; in the second, he was out without scoring.