Allan Edwards (Australian cricketer)

Australian cricketer (1921–2019)

Allan Edwards

Edwards in 1948

Personal information
Full name|

Allan Robert Edwards

Born| (1921-12-24)24 December 1921
Perth, Western Australia
Died| 30 May 2019(2019-05-30) (aged 97)
Perth, Western Australia
Batting| Left-handed
Bowling| Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1946/47–1956/57| Western 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[edit]

1. ^ "Allan Edwards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Allan Edwards (Australian cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons
* Allan Edwards at ESPNcricinfo