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Kensington, London born Sir Edward Bray was educated at Charterhouse before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge University. He played both cricket and football for Cambridge and won his cricket Blue in 1896. He played in the match which Oxford won with the record victorious score of 330 for 6. In a strong batting side Bray was No. 9. He made 49 and 41, but next season, when Cambridge won by 179 runs, he did little. From 1895 to 1899 he appeared occasionally in the Middlesex XI, and toured America with P. F. Warner’s team in 1898.
In 42 first class matches between 1895 and 1897, Bray scored 684 runs at an average of 13.41 with a highest score of 49. He also took 71 catches and made 12 stumpings.
After many years in business in Calcutta and Bengal, he became Controller of Contracts at Army headquarters with the temporary rank of Brigadier-General. On 12th September 1919 Bray was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India “for meritorious service in connection with the war in India”.
His father, also Sir Edward Bray, played cricket for Surrey and Cambridge University.