Richard_Edwards_(cricketer)

Prof Edwards

Prof Edwards

Barbadian cricketer

Richard Martin "Prof" Edwards (born 3 June 1940), is a former cricketer. He played five Test matches as an opening bowler for the West Indies on the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1968–69.

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After leaving The Lodge School in Barbados,[1] he played for Barbados between 1961–62 and 1969–70. Altogether he played 35 first-class matches in his career. His best bowling figures were 6 for 45 for Barbados against Leeward Islands in 1966/67.[2]

He holds the record for the greatest number of runs scored off an eight-ball over with 34 (4, 0, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4) bowled by Joey Carew, Governor-General's XI v West Indians at Auckland, 1968–69.

He later worked as the groundsman at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.

References

  1. [1]
    Keith A. P. Sandiford, Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados, University of West Indies Press, Kingston, 1998, pp. 61-62.
  2. [2]
    • Richard Edwards, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-10. (subscription required)


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