Edward Hudspeth "Ned" Elliott (19 April 1851 – 19 March 1885) was an Australian Victorian first-class cricketer, best known as a wicket-keeper and Test match umpire.
[1] He was regularly described as "little", but never in a derogatory way: Little Elliott, the East Melbourne wicket-keeper, has made rapid strides in his batting this season, but he can't yet manage [Frank] Allan, and when that bowler opposes him his light is exceedingly dim, and the scorers have to write a round 0 to his name.
His most memorable game was against New South Wales in December 1880 when Elliott and Frank Allan (neither known as a batsman, being wicket-keeper and bowler respectively) were responsible for saving the match,[3] creating a near-riot.
Elliott was a leading member of the United Ancient Order of Druids friendly society, in 1885 eight-time secretary[5] and past president of Una Lodge No.
His death at the early age of 32 cast a gloom over the whole cricketing community, which was not to be wondered at, for in his removal from our midst we lost one whose place it will be hard to fill, and whose sterling worth and integrity gained for him universal respect.