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Edward St John’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

By John Parsons
IntroEnglish cricketer
IsAthlete 
Cricketer 
FromUnited Kingdom 
TypeSports 
Gendermale
DeathFinchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire, South East England

Edward St John (born 8 December 1805, Finchampstead, Berkshire; died 17 January 1892, Finchampstead) was an English cricketer who was associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club and made his first-class debut in 1829.
He was a student at Downing College, Cambridge. After graduating with a LLB degree in 1831 he became a Church of England priest and was rector of Finchampstead from 1841 until his death in 1892.