Ernest Cassan

Ernest John Plantagenet Cassan (17 October 1835 – 24 December 1904) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Stephen Hyde Cassan, he was born in October 1835 at Bruton, Somerset where he attended King's School.

[1] After graduating from Oxford, Cassan trained to become a barrister, though he never practiced due to his cricketing commitments.

[1] He was strongly associated with cricket in the West Country, where he played as an amateur for Dorset, Incogniti, Lansdown, and the Gentlemen of Somerset.

[6] Cassan committed suicide by shooting himself in the head on Christmas Eve in 1904.