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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> | ||