Edward Budgen

Edward Albert Budgen was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1909 and 1926. He played for South Africa, but not in Test cricket.
A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Budgen had an outstanding match for Western [Province cricket team|Western Province] in the 1910–11 Currie Cup, taking 4 for 26 and 7 for 30 in the innings victory over Griqualand West. When the Australian Imperial Force Touring XI played Western Province in October 1919, Budgen took 7 for 70 in the first innings of the match, which the Australians won by two wickets. A month later he was selected to play for South [Africa cricket team|South Africa] in the second of the two matches against the AIF XI, and took two wickets, but the Australians won by an innings.
Budgen took his best first-class figures in the 1921–22 season. Playing for Orange Free State in a Currie Cup match against Natal, he took 4 for 63 and 8 for 107, and Orange Free State won by 42 runs.