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Gar Waddy
Personal information
Full name
Edgar Lloyd Waddy
Born(1879-12-03)3 December 1879
Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia
Died2 August 1963(1963-08-02) (aged 83)
Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia
BattingRight-hand
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1896 – 1921New South Wales
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 December 2015

Edgar Lloyd Waddy (3 December 1879 – 2 August 1963) was an Australian cricketer who was a specialist wicket-keeper. He was a right-handed batsman. He played 58 first-class cricket matches for New South Wales between 1896 and 1921, scoring 2775 runs and taking two wickets.[1]

He was the father of the Second World War aviator and New South Wales legislator John Lloyd Waddy. Two of his brothers, Ernest Frederick, known as "Mick", and Percival Stacy, known as "Stacy", also played first-class cricket.

References

  1. ^ "Gar Waddy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2015.