Edward Butler

Edward Montagu Butler (3 December 1866 – 11 February 1948) was an English first-class cricketer and schoolmaster. Life Butler was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. He was educated at Harrow School (of which his father was then headmaster) and at Trinity College, Cambridge (of which his father became Master in 1886), matriculating in 1885, gaining an exhibition, graduating B.A. 1891 (M.A. 1900). He played two matches for Middlesex in 1885, and earned Cambridge cricket blues in 1888 and 1889. He also represented Cambridge in singles and doubles racquets, and singles tennis, and in the Amateur Championships in racquets he was singles champion in 1889, and doubles champion with Manley Kemp in 1892.