Allan Edwards (Australian cricketer)
 Edwards in 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Allan Robert Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1921 Perth, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946-47 to 1956-57 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allan Robert Edwards (born 24 December 1921) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 45 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1946 and 1957.[1]
At Christian Brothers' College, Perth, Edwards was a champion schoolboy cricketer, scoring five centuries in consecutive innings in 1940.[2] He served in Borneo during World War II with the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit, receiving his discharge in 1946.[3]
When Western Australia was admitted to the Sheffield Shield in 1947-48 he opened the innings, and scored 105 in the second match, against Victoria, adding 190 for the second wicket with George Robinson.[4] He was the first batsman to score a century in each innings of a match for Western Australia, which he did against Queensland in 1950-51.[2]
He served on Western Australia's selection panel from 1960-61 to 1987-88, and was chairman from 1967-68 to 1987-88.[5] Western Australia won the Sheffield Shield 10 times during the 21 seasons of his chairmanship.[6] He returned to the panel for one more season in 2001-02.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Allan Edwards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ a b The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 156.
- ^ "Edwards, Allan Robert". World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Western Australia v Victoria 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Alan Edwards announces retirement decision". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ Wisden 2003, p. 1451.
External links
Media related to Allan Edwards (Australian cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons- Allan Edwards at ESPNcricinfo
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