Geoffrey Edmunds (born 2 September 1954) is an English cricketer. Edmunds was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire and educated at Abbey High School, Redditch.[1]
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Full name | Geoffrey Edmunds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England | 2 September 1954||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–2003 | Shropshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2011 |
Edmunds made his debut for Shropshire in the 1986 Minor Counties Championship against Cheshire. Edmunds played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1986 to 1993, which included 66 Minor Counties Championship appearances[2] and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[3] He made his List A debut against Hampshire in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Somerset in 1993 NatWest Trophy.[4] In his 8 List A matches, he scored 27 runs at with a high score of 24 not out.[5] With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 104.50, with best figures of 1/41.[6] He also played county cricket below first-class in the Warwickshire Second Eleven team.[1]
Edmunds once played a game against Israel as a friendly for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers in 1979, scoring 15 runs and taking a wicket.[7]
Edmunds, previously a player at Coventry and North Warwickshire Cricket Club, now plays for Kenilworth Cricket Club where is also Chairman of the club.[8][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 33. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Geoffrey Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Geoffrey Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Geoffrey Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoffrey Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Geoffrey Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "KCC v Israel: Kenilworth Cricket Club history". Kenilworth Cricket Club. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Club Officers". Kenilworth Cricket Club.
External links
edit- Geoffrey Edmunds at ESPNcricinfo
- Geoffrey Edmunds at CricketArchive