Edward Rush (29 March 1868 – 6 May 1936) was an Australian
cricket
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er. He played three
first-class cricket
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matches for
Victoria between 1897 and 1898.
His brother,
Thomas
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, also played for Victoria.
Rush began his cricket career while attending
Wesley College and became captain of the College cricket team in 1883. In district cricket he played for the Hawksburn Cricket Club which became Prahran and he was named a life member of the Prahran Cricket Club.
In his professional career Rush was a grain broker. In his personal life he attended Glendeargrove Methodist Church in Malvern, serving as a trustee of the Church, and he had seven sons.
See also
*
List of Victoria first-class cricketers
References
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1868 births
1936 deaths
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
People from the Colony of Victoria
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