Reginald_Edwards_(cricketer)

Reginald Edwards (cricketer)

Reginald Edwards (cricketer)

English cricketer and British Army officer

Reginald Owen Edwards (17 October 1881 – 15 November 1925) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

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Edwards was born at Great Yarmouth. He served in the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant with the King's Royal Rifle Corps in September 1914.[1] He was made a temporary lieutenant in December 1914,[2] before being made a temporary captain in August 1915.[3] He was transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps in November 1915.[4] By December 1917, he was serving with the Tank Corps,[5] ceasing to belong to the Corps in July 1919, when he was transferred to the Royal Engineers.[6] He was badly gassed in the war.[7] He was made a temporary major in August 1919,[8] before relinquishing his commission in March 1920.[9]

After the war, he played minor counties cricket for Norfolk in 1920, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[10] He played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1921 and 1922, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[10] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for The Rest against the Royal Air Force at Eastbourne in 1922.[11] Batting twice in the match at number eleven, he ended The Rest's first-innings unbeaten without scoring, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Charlie Parker.[12] Edwards was a cricket enthusiast, often travelling around England to watch major matches, and was well known to many of the prominent county cricketers of the day.[7] He enjoyed travelling, spending a considerable amount of time in Africa, as well as travelling through Southern Russia, well known for doing so with a copy of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[7] He died at Bishop's Stortford in November 1925.

References

  1. [1]
    "No. 28986". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 November 1914. p. 9974.
  2. [2]
    "No. 29022". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1914. p. 11198.
  3. [3]
    "No. 29283". The London Gazette. 3 September 1915. p. 8371.
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    "No. 29352". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 November 1915. p. 10901.
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    "No. 30628". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 April 1918. p. 4494.
  6. [6]
    "No. 31471". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 July 1919. p. 9418.
  7. [7]
    "Wisden - Obituaries in 1925". CricketArchive. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. [8]
    "No. 31834". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 1920. p. 3612.
  9. [9]
    "No. 32077". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 October 1920. p. 9800.
  10. [10]
    "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Reginald Edwards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  11. [11]
    "First-Class Matches played by Reginald Edwards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Royal Air Force v The Rest, 1922". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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