William Alfred Edward (19 June 1916 – October 2005
) was a Scottish cricketer.
Edward was an allrounder and played his club cricket with
Clydesdale Clydesdale is an archaic name for Lanarkshire, a traditional county in Scotland. The name may also refer to:
Sports
* Clydesdale F.C., a former football club in Glasgow
* Clydesdale RFC, Glasgow, a former rugby union club
* Clydesdale RFC, South ...
, scoring 3,284 runs and taking 343 wickets. He represented
Scotland
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in
first-class cricket
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with a highest of 99 runs against
Ireland
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in 1950.
References
Cricket Europe
External links
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1916 births
2005 deaths
Scottish cricketers
Cricketers from Glasgow
Scottish emigrants to Canada
Clydesdale CC players
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