The son of Edward Andrew Sanders, he was born in October 1852 at Heavitree, Devon.
[3] After graduating from Cambridge, he became a banker and was a partner in the Exeter Bank, until it merged with Prescott's in 1902.
[3] Sanders featured in one first-class match against the Philadelphians on the 1885 tour,[6] scoring 3 runs and taking the wicket of Charles Newhall.
[7] In his final years he was the honorary secretary and treasurer of Devon County Cricket Club, then in its infancy.
[3] Sanders spent the final six years of his life in ill-health, unable to walk long distances.