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{{short description|Irish cricketer and British Indian Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = Ireland
| fullname = Edmund Harrison Saulez
| birth_date = 23 February 1867
| birth_place = [[Seapoint]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1948|11|19|1867|2|23}}
| death_place = [[Havant]], [[Hampshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]
| year1 = 1894/95
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 5
| bat avg1 = 1.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 5
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 1 December
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/34414.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Edmund Harrison Saulez''' (23 February 1867 – 19 November 1948) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] first-class cricketer and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

Saulez was born at [[Seapoint]] near Dublin. He later attended [[Queen's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Foster |first=Joseph |publisher=[[University of Oxford]]|volume=4th volume |title=Alumni Oxoniensis: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 |date=1891 |page=1255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTa0tgEACAAJ |accessdate=2018-12-01}}</ref> After graduating from Queen's College, he joined the [[British Army]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in the [[Suffolk Regiment]].<ref name="GAZ">{{London Gazette |issue=26043 |date=18 April 1890 |page=2275}}</ref> He was gazetted [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1890.<ref name="GAZ"/>
In August and September 1894, he featured in two [[first-class cricket]] matches for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] and [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14508/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Edmund Saulez |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-12-01}}</ref> He later gained the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November 1898,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27025 |date=22 November 1898 |page=6939}}</ref> followed by promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in December 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27864 |date=15 December 1905 |page=9010}}</ref> He retired from the British Indian Army in 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28654 |date=18 October 1912 |page=7690}}</ref> He spent his final years living in [[Havant]], [[Hampshire]] where he died in November 1948.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=34414}}

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[[Category:1867 births]]
[[Category:1948 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Dublin (city)]]
[[Category:Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Suffolk Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Dublin (city)]]
[[Category:Irish cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]

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