About: Edward Wallington (civil servant)

Sir Edward William Wallington CMG GCVO (7 December 1854 – 12 December 1933) was an English first-class cricketer, colonial administrator in Australia and a member of the British Royal Household. The son of , he was born in December 1854 at Oakley, Hampshire. He was educated at Sherborne School, before going up to Oriel College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1875. He did not feature for Oxford in 1876, but did play a further four matches in 1877, including in that years University Match. He scored 100 runs in his five matches for Oxford, at an average of 14.28 and with a high score of 38. Wallington later played a single first-class match for the MCC against Oxford Universi