Edmund Fallowfield Longrigg, usually known as Bunty Longrigg (16 April 1906 – 23 July 1974), played cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University and was captain of Somerset from 1938 to 1946 and later prominent in the county club administration. He was born at Batheaston, Somerset and died at Bath, Somerset.
Bunty made his Somerset debut in 1925, the year he left school. In his third match, he hit an unbeaten 60 against Kent in a rain-ruined match at Taunton.
In 1937, Longrigg played for Somerset more often, turning out in 11 matches and captaining the side on occasion in the absence of the regular captain, Reggie Ingle. At the end of the season, amid some disgruntlement about the side’s lack of drive under Ingle, Longrigg was appointed captain for the 1938 season. The move, Wisden reported in 1939, was a success: Somerset won 10 Championship matches for the first time ever and rose six places up the table to finish seventh.
After the Second World War, Longrigg returned for one final season as Somerset captain and led the side to its best placing in the Championship since 1892, with the team finishing fourth with a record 12 victories.
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