Bert Edwards (cricketer)

Herbert Charles Edwards (3 December 1913 – 22 January 2002) was an English cricketer who played one first-class match, for Worcestershire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1946. Worcestershire lost the game by an innings well inside two days, with Edwards scoring 10 and 1. He held one catch, to dismiss Alan Wharton.

Bert Edwards
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg-break
International information
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 11
Batting average 5.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 10
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 August 2019

He was mostly a club cricketer, playing for Old Hill Cricket Club between 1932 and 1958, and serving as the club's president; in this he followed in the footsteps of his father before him. [1]

Edwards was born in Colley Gate, then in Staffordshire; he died at the age of 88 in Stourbridge.

Notes

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  1. ^ Obituary, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2003.
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