Allan Edwards
Edwards in 1948
Personal information
Full name
Allan Robert Edwards
Born(1921-12-24)24 December 1921
Perth, Western Australia
Died30 May 2019(2019-05-30) (aged 97)
Perth, Western Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946/47–1956/57Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 45
Runs scored 2,370
Batting average 32.46
100s/50s 3/13
Top score 105
Balls bowled 685
Wickets 14
Bowling average 24.71
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/54
Catches/stumpings 34/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2017

Allan Robert Edwards (24 December 1921 – 30 May 2019) was an Australian 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 team's first 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]

Edwards died in Perth in May 2019 aged 97.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Allan Edwards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 156.
  3. ↑ "Edwards, Allan Robert". World War Two Nominal Roll. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Western Australia v Victoria 1947-48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Alan Edwards announces retirement decision". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Wisden 2003, p. 1451.
  7. ↑ WACA Pays Tribute To Allan Edwards, Western Australian Cricket Association, 31 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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