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{{short description|English cricketer and police officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Edward Riley
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Edward Charles Riley
| birth_date = 31 August 1895
| birth_place = [[Aldershot]], [[Hampshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|2|11|1895|8|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Leicester]], [[Leicestershire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1918/19
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 1
| bat avg1 = 0.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 1
| deliveries1 = 138
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 22.25
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/57
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 2 January
| year = 2024
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-riley-33292 Cricinfo
}}

'''Edward Charles Riley''' (31 August 1895 – 11 February 1963) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and police officer.

Riley was born at [[Aldershot]] in August 1895. In his early-twenties, he served in the [[British Indian Army|British Indian Army Reserve]] just after the end of the [[First World War]], being commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in March 1920, antedated to January 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32150|date=3 December 1920|page=11945|supp=y}}</ref> In India, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M A Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the 1918–19 [[Madras Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14440/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Riley|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[bowling (cricket)|bowler]] in the Europeans side, he took the wickets of [[M. Venkataramanjulu]], [[N. N. Swarna]], and [[P. Yoganathan]] in the Indians first innings for the cost of 57 runs from fourteen [[over (cricket)|overs]]. In their second innings, he took the wicket of [[M. Baliah Naidu]] for the cost of 32 runs from nine overs. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[Cotah Ramaswami]] in the Europeans first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by [[C. R. Ganapathy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9519.html|title=Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1918/19|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Upon his return to England, Riley became a [[police officer]] with the [[British Transport Police|British Railways Police]], rising to become [[Superintendent (police)|superintendent]] of the Leicester Division, which was based at the Braunstone Gate Depot in [[Leicester]].<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000760/19491020/007/0007|title=Railway Police campaign against sidings thieves|work=[[Leicester Mercury|Leicester Daily Mercury]]|page=18|date=20 October 1949|access-date=2 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> In October 1949, he directed a campaign to stop thefts by gangs from railway [[Siding (rail)|sidings]].<ref name="NEWS"/> After retiring from the police, Riley was seriously injured in July 1958 when he was run-over by an ambulance, resulting in both his [[Patella|kneecaps]] being broken. He was treated for his injuries at [[Leicester Royal Infirmary]] and subsequently recovered.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003330/19580705/091/0008|title=Crash victim nearly suffocated|work=Leicester Evening Mail|page=8|date=5 July 1958|access-date=2 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Toward the end of his life, Riley went into business and founded the outfitters Riley Bros, based on Charles Street in Leicester. Ill-health would take him away from running the business, with Riley dying at his Leicester residence on 11 February 1963.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000760/19630213/005/0005|title=Well-Known City Outfitter dead|work=Leicester Daily Mercury|page=5|date=13 February 1963|access-date=2 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=33292}}

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[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Aldershot]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Aldershot]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British Transport Police officers]]
[[Category:20th-century English businesspeople]]

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