William Eddie (19 December 1891 — 3 September 1979) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and Provost.

William Eddie
Personal information
Full name
William Eddie
Born19 December 1891
Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Died3 September 1979(1979-09-03) (aged 87)
Brechin, Angus, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 6
Batting average 6.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 4
Balls bowled 156
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 November 2022

Eddie was born at Brechin in December 1891, where he was educated at Brechin High School. A club cricketer for Brechin, Forfarshire, and Peebles County, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland at Edinburgh in 1913.[1] Playing as a right-arm medium pace bowler in the Scottish team, he bowled a total of 26 wicketless overs across the match, for the cost of 90 runs. Batting twice in the match from the tail, he was dismissed for 4 runs in Scotland's first innings before being dismissed by Patrick Quinlan, while in their second innings he ended Scotland's innings of 228 for 8 not out on 2 runs, helping Scotland secure a draw.[2] He later served as the Provost of the City and Royal Burgh of Brechin,[3] having been Session Clerk at St Ninian's Church in Brechin from 1925 to 1950.[4] Eddie died at Brechin in September 1979.

References

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Eddie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Scotland v Ireland, 1913". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. ^ William Eddie, Provost. Brechin Advertiser. 18 December 1956. p. 4
  4. ^ Twenty-fives years as Session Clerk. Brechin Advertiser. 24 January 1950. p. 1
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