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

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first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

with a highest of 99 runs against

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in 1950.

References

Cricket Europe

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* 1916 births 2005 deaths Scottish cricketers Cricketers from Glasgow Scottish emigrants to Canada Clydesdale CC players {{Scotland-cricket-bio-stub