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	'''Sir Basil Eden Garth Eddis''' (17 September 1881 – 5 November 1971) was an [[Anglo-Indian]] businessman from [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] who served as president of the [[Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] from 1927 to 1928. He was also a keen sportsman, playing a single match of [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in 1908, and later representing the [[Myanmar national cricket team\|Burmese national side]] in one of its earliest matches.		'''Sir Basil Eden Garth Eddis''' (17 September 1881 – 5 November 1971) was an [[Anglo-Indian]] businessman from [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]] who served as president of the [[Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] from 1927 to 1928. He was also a keen sportsman, playing a single match of [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in 1908, and later representing the [[Myanmar national cricket team\|Burmese national side]] in one of its earliest matches.

	Eddis was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata),<ref name="prof">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/29220.html Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> as was his younger brother, [[Bruce Eddis\|Bruce Lindsay Eddis]], who also played first-class cricket.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29221/29221.html Bruce Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> He was sent to England for school, however, attending [[Charterhouse School]] and captaining the school's cricket XI in 1900.<ref> [http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Charterhouse_Register_1872-1910_v2_1000690100/399 ''Charterhouse Register, 1872–1910'' (Vol. 2), pp. 399–400] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723005015/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Charterhouse_Register_1872-1910_v2_1000690100/399 \|date=23 July 2015 }}. London: Forgotten Books, 1911.</ref> During the [[1908 English cricket season\|1908 English season]], Eddis was selected to play for the MCC against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club\|Cambridge University]], a match that had first-class status.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> His teammates included past [[Test cricket\|Test]] players [[Pelham Warner]] and [[J. T. Hearne]] and future Test player [[Patsy Hendren]], and he topscored with 40 in the MCC's first innings, followed by 22 in the second. The match was notable for [[Frank Tarrant]]'s hat-trick, and also for every MCC batsman passing double figures in the second innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7539.html Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club], University Match 1908 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref>		Eddis was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata),<ref name="prof">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/29220.html Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> as was his younger brother, [[Bruce Eddis\|Bruce Lindsay Eddis]], who also played first-class cricket.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29221/29221.html Bruce Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> He was sent to England for school, however, attending [[Charterhouse School]] and captaining the school's cricket XI in 1900.<ref>[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Charterhouse_Register_1872-1910_v2_1000690100/399 ''Charterhouse Register, 1872–1910'' (Vol. 2), pp. 399–400] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723005015/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Charterhouse_Register_1872-1910_v2_1000690100/399 \|date=23 July 2015 }}. London: Forgotten Books, 1911.</ref> During the [[1908 English cricket season\|1908 English season]], Eddis was selected to play for the MCC against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club\|Cambridge University]], a match that had first-class status.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> His teammates included past [[Test cricket\|Test]] players [[Pelham Warner]] and [[J. T. Hearne]] and future Test player [[Patsy Hendren]], and he topscored with 40 in the MCC's first innings, followed by 22 in the second. The match was notable for [[Frank Tarrant]]'s hat-trick, and also for every MCC batsman passing double figures in the second innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7539.html Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club], University Match 1908 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref>

	By 1912, Eddis was living in [[Rangoon]]. Burma was then [[British rule in Burma\|under British rule]], but had not yet been separated from [[British Raj\|the Raj]]. While a resident, he played twice for Burmese teams against a touring side from [[British Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]) – one match for the [[Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team\|Rangoon Gymkhana]] and one for an All-Burma team, a predecessor of the current Myanmar national side.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> For the gymkhana team, Eddis opened the batting in both innings, topscoring with 32 in the first innings but recording a [[Duck (cricket)\|duck]] in the second.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135375.html Rangoon Gymkhana v Europeans], Europeans (Ceylon) in Burma 1912/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> For All-Burma, making only its second recorded appearance (and first since 1894),<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/Other_Matches.html Other matches played by Burma] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309214112/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/Other_Matches.html \|date=9 March 2016 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> he again opened the batting, but his 20 runs was overshadowed by the next batsman in, [[FitzAlan Drayson]], who scored 137 to help Burma to an innings victory.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135377.html Burma v Europeans], Europeans (Ceylon) in Burma 1912/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref>		By 1912, Eddis was living in [[Rangoon]]. Burma was then [[British rule in Burma\|under British rule]], but had not yet been separated from [[British Raj\|the Raj]]. While a resident, he played twice for Burmese teams against a touring side from [[British Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]) – one match for the [[Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team\|Rangoon Gymkhana]] and one for an All-Burma team, a predecessor of the current Myanmar national side.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> For the gymkhana team, Eddis opened the batting in both innings, topscoring with 32 in the first innings but recording a [[Duck (cricket)\|duck]] in the second.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135375.html Rangoon Gymkhana v Europeans], Europeans (Ceylon) in Burma 1912/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> For All-Burma, making only its second recorded appearance (and first since 1894),<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/Other_Matches.html Other matches played by Burma] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309214112/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/Other_Matches.html \|date=9 March 2016 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> he again opened the batting, but his 20 runs was overshadowed by the next batsman in, [[FitzAlan Drayson]], who scored 137 to help Burma to an innings victory.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135377.html Burma v Europeans], Europeans (Ceylon) in Burma 1912/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref>

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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sir Basil Eddis
| fullname = Basil Eden Garth Eddis
| birth_date = 17 September 1881
| birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]]
| death_date = 5 November 1971 (aged 90)
| death_place = [[Aldeburgh]], [[Suffolk]], [[England]]
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| country = Burma
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1912
| batting = Right-handed
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| family = [[Bruce Eddis]] (brother)
| role = [[Batsman]]
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1908
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| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 62
| bat avg1 = 31.00
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| top score1 = 40
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| date = 23 July
| year = 2015
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/29220.html CricketArchive
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'''Sir Basil Eden Garth Eddis''' (17 September 1881 – 5 November 1971) was an [[Anglo-Indian]] businessman from [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] who served as president of the [[Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] from 1927 to 1928. He was also a keen sportsman, playing a single match of [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) in 1908, and later representing the [[Myanmar national cricket team|Burmese national side]] in one of its earliest matches.

Eddis was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata),<ref name="prof">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/29220.html Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> as was his younger brother, [[Bruce Eddis|Bruce Lindsay Eddis]], who also played first-class cricket.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29221/29221.html Bruce Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> He was sent to England for school, however, attending [[Charterhouse School]] and captaining the school's cricket XI in 1900.<ref> [http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Charterhouse_Register_1872-1910_v2_1000690100/399 ''Charterhouse Register, 1872–1910'' (Vol. 2), pp. 399–400] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723005015/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Charterhouse_Register_1872-1910_v2_1000690100/399 |date=23 July 2015 }}. London: Forgotten Books, 1911.</ref> During the [[1908 English cricket season|1908 English season]], Eddis was selected to play for the MCC against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]], a match that had first-class status.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> His teammates included past [[Test cricket|Test]] players [[Pelham Warner]] and [[J. T. Hearne]] and future Test player [[Patsy Hendren]], and he topscored with 40 in the MCC's first innings, followed by 22 in the second. The match was notable for [[Frank Tarrant]]'s hat-trick, and also for every MCC batsman passing double figures in the second innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7539.html Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club], University Match 1908 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref>

By 1912, Eddis was living in [[Rangoon]]. Burma was then [[British rule in Burma|under British rule]], but had not yet been separated from [[British Raj|the Raj]]. While a resident, he played twice for Burmese teams against a touring side from [[British Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]) – one match for the [[Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team|Rangoon Gymkhana]] and one for an All-Burma team, a predecessor of the current Myanmar national side.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29220/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Basil Eddis] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> For the gymkhana team, Eddis opened the batting in both innings, topscoring with 32 in the first innings but recording a [[Duck (cricket)|duck]] in the second.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135375.html Rangoon Gymkhana v Europeans], Europeans (Ceylon) in Burma 1912/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> For All-Burma, making only its second recorded appearance (and first since 1894),<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/Other_Matches.html Other matches played by Burma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309214112/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/Other_Matches.html |date=9 March 2016 }} – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> he again opened the batting, but his 20 runs was overshadowed by the next batsman in, [[FitzAlan Drayson]], who scored 137 to help Burma to an innings victory.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135377.html Burma v Europeans], Europeans (Ceylon) in Burma 1912/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref>

In September 1926, Eddis was appointed [[consul-general]] for the [[Thailand|Kingdom of Siam]] in Calcutta, having established himself as a merchant there.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33198|date=3 September 1926|page=5754}}</ref> The following year, at which time he was employed as a partner with [[Gillanders, Arbuthnot, and Co.]], he was elected president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, serving a one-year term.<ref>[http://www.bengalchamber.com/agm14/pages/president.html Presidents of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1834–2014] – BCC&I. Retrieved 23 July 2015.</ref> In March 1929, in connection with his holding of that office, Eddis was created a [[Knight Bachelor]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=14527|date=5 March 1929|page=229|city=e}}</ref> He was personally invested by the Prince of Wales (later [[Edward VIII]]) later in the year, while in England.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33517|date=16 July 1929|page=4699}}</ref> Eddis retired to [[Suffolk]], dying in [[Aldeburgh]] in November 1971, aged 90.<ref name="prof"/>

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