John Dunlop Edwards (12 June 1860 – 31 July 1911) was an Australian

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er who played in three

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in England in 1888. A short and slight man, Edwards attended Wesley College and played for

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before making his first-class debut for

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in 1880–81. He hit his highest score the following summer (65 against the touring English team) before he was transferred to

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in his job as a bank clerk. Edwards had a strong defence and was a fine fieldsman. His selection for the tour of England in 1888 was prompted by his heavy scoring in club matches.''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 156. In the three Test matches on the tour he made three

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in six innings, achieving an average of 9.60, batting in the middle order in all three matches. Edwards did only a little better in first-class cricket overall, playing in 51 matches and scoring 961 runs at an average of 13.72. He died after illness compounded by a nervous breakdown.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Jack 1860 births 1911 deaths Australia Test cricketers Victoria cricketers Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers Australian cricketers People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) Cricketers from Melbourne People from Prahran, Victoria

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