Harold Emerton Edge (8 June 1892 – 24 January 1944) was an English

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er. Edge was a right-handed

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who bowled

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, although his bowling arm is not known. He was born in

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. Edge made his only first-class appearance for

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against

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in the 1913 County Championship. In this match, he bowled a total of 29 wicket-less overs, while with the bat he was dismissed in Lancashire's first innings for 3 runs by

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and did not bat in the second innings. He later played first-class cricket for

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, making the first of his two appearances for Wales in 1927 against the

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. In this match, Edge claimed 4 first-innings wickets, taking 4/115. With the bat unbeaten on 19 in the Welsh first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by Cyril Ormerod. His second and final first-class appearance for Wales came against the touring

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in 1929. Edge went wicket-less in the match, while with the bat he was dismissed for a

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in the Welsh first-innings. He followed this up with the same score and same bowler dismissing him in their second-innings. He made his debut for

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

in the 1930 Minor Counties Championship against Cheshire. He made ten further Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county, the last of which came against Staffordshire in 1931. He died in

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, Cheshire on 24 January 1944.

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