Edward Marvin
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| Full name | Edward William Marvin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1878 Leicester, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 March 1918 (aged 39) Bouchavesnes-Bergen, Somme, France | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1908/09 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Edward William Marvin (7 July 1878 – 24 March 1918) was an English-born South African first-class cricketer and South African Army soldier.
Marvin was born at Leicester in July 1878.[1] He later emigrated to Transvaal Colony, where he played two first-class cricket matches for Gauteng in the 1908–09 Currie Cup against Border and Western Province.[2] He scored 47 runs in these matches, with a highest score of 29.[3] Marvin served in the First World War as a private in the South African Infantry, which formed part of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force on the Western Front.[1] On 21 March 1918, the Germans launched a new offensive, Operation Michael, during which Marvin was killed in action at Maricourt Wood on 24 March.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 398. ISBN 978-1473864191.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Marvin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Marvin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Renshaw, Andrew (8 May 2014). Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918. A & C Black. p. 424. ISBN 978-1408832363.