Wilfred Eadon

Wilfred Myles Eadon was an English first-class cricketer.
Eadon was born in June 1915 at Torry Hill, Kent. He later studied at Trinity College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Free [Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters] at Oxford in 1934. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 3 runs by Raymond Robertson-Glasgow in the Oxford first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 14 runs by the same bowler. With his leg break googly bowling, he took the wickets of Robert [Scott (cricketer)|Robert Scott] and Joseph Comber in the Free Foresters first-innings, in addition to taking the wicket of Guy [Jackson (cricketer)|Guy Jackson] in their second-innings to finish with match figures of 3 for 88. Eadon later served in the British Army during the Second World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Dorset Regiment in April 1940, with the service number of 126959. He died at Westminster in November 1999.