Edgar Moline, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Edgar Moline

Austro-Hungarian expat to England, Gloucestershire cricketer

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1855

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1943

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Edgar Robert Moline (2 January 1855 – 16 December 1943) was an Anglo-Austrian born in Austria-Hungary to an English father and an Austrian mother.
He moved as a child to England and played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire briefly in 1878.
Moline was born in Laibach, then in Austria, but now named Ljubljana and part of Slovenia.
Together with his brothers Charles Moline, who played cricket for Cambridge, and Frank Moline, who played for Clifton and Bristol Grammar School, he moved to England. A right-hand bat, Moline played for an invitational XI at the behest of WG Grace in 1877, scoring two and 38.
He also made zero and nine against South Wales Cricket Club in 1880.
His two first-class matches for Gloucestershire came against Yorkshire and Sussex in July and August 1878 respectively.
He scored thirty-one runs in total, with a batting average of 10.33.
Moline also bowled underarm right-arm slow, but he was not called upon to bowl in his first-class career.
He died in Lynton, Devon.