Edwin Wright was an accountant in Brecon and the Manager of the town’s Coal and Lime Company. He was also a leading batter with the Breconshire team during the 1860s and 1870s, besides being drafted into the Glamorganshire team for their games against Carmarthenshire in both 1865 and 1866.
A native of Gloucestershire, Edwin made his Breconshire debut against Monmouthshire during September 1862. Two years later, he appeared for the Welsh Wanderers against Jesus College, Oxford in their match at The Gnoll in Neath, prior to making his Glamorganshire debut against Carmarthenshire at Dolgarreg during June 1865. A measure of his standing in cricket across South Wales can also be gauged by the fact that in 1866 he was also chosen in the Swansea and District XXII which played the United England Eleven at Brunswick Field.
Edwin was a decent batter and in 1866 he scored 63 whilst opening the batting for Glamorganshire against Carmarthenshire at Merthyr Mawr House. At a time when fifties and hundreds were uncommon, Edwin also posted a couple of half-centuries opening the batting for Breconshire, with scores of 59 against Herefordshire at Hereford in 1868, as well as 51 against Worcestershire at Brecon in 1869.
His final match of note came during August 1872 when he played for Breconshire against Glamorganshire at Brecon. In addition to his work in Brecon with the town’s Coal and Lime Company, Edwin also acted as secretary of The Castle Hotel Company. He lived for many years at Gordon House in Brecon and also acted as a town councilor and Justice of the Peace.