Aidan Thomas Lyons (December 1878 – 12 February 1910) was a South African
cricket
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er. He played in thirteen
first-class matches for
Eastern Province between 1902/03 and 1908/09.
Lyons was one of Eastern Province's most reliable players during the 1900s.
["Mr. A. T. Lyons"]
''Cricket'', 31 March 1910, p. 38. In the quarter-final of the
Currie Cup in 1904–05, he opened the batting and scored 37, when no one else for Eastern Province reached 20, and
Western Province's highest was only 42. His best bowling figures were 7 for 56 and 6 for 23 against
Griqualand West in the 1902–03
Currie Cup; eight of his victims were bowled. He took 7 for 66 and
carried his bat
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The term is mainly used when the innings closes after all 10 wickets have fall ...
for 31
not out for a Port Elizabeth XV against the touring
MCC in 1905–06.
He died after a long illness in hospital in
Queenstown in February 1910, aged 31.
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1878 births
1910 deaths
Cape Colony cricketers
Eastern Province cricketers
Cricketers from Gqeberha