William Gerwyn Edwards (born 22 June 1953) is a former

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er. Edwards was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in

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, Carmarthenshire. Edwards represented Wales in the

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, playing two matches against the Netherlands and Israel. In 1988, he made his debut for Wales Minor Counties in the

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against

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. From 1988 to 1995, he represented the team in twenty-eight Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. He played just the two MCCA Knockout Trophy fixtures for the team, against

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and

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in 1994 and 1995 respectively. It was also in 1994 that he made his

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debut for the team against

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in the

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1st round, following that up the following season with his second and final appearance in that format against Middlesex. In his two List A matches he scored 33 runs at a batting average of 33, with a high score of 28 *. With the ball he took a single wicket at a

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of 36.00.List A Bowling For Each Team by Gerwyn Edwards
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References

External links

at ESPNcricinfo
Gerwyn Edwards
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