Edward Barrett (English sportsman)
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| Full name | Edward Ivo Medhurst Barrett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1879 Churt, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 July 1950 (aged 71) Boscombe, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Edward Barrett senior (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1896–1925 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1903–1920 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Ivo Medhurst Barrett CIE (22 June 1879 – 10 July 1950) was an English first-class cricketer, rugby union international, British Army officer, and colonial police officer.
His military career began in 1899 with the Lancashire Fusiliers, with Barrett serving in the Second Boer War. He later transferred to the colonial police in British Malaya, before joining the Shanghai Municipal Police. He rose to become its commissioner between 1925 and 1929. As a sportsman, he played first-class cricket, mainly for Hampshire between 1896 and 1912, with additional matches in 1920 and 1925. In rugby union, he was capped at Test level by England in 1903, while in golf he was the Japanese amateur champion in 1917.