Allan Edwards (Australian cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About Allan Edwards (Australian cricketer)
- Allan Robert Edwards (24 December 1921 – 30 May 2019) was an Australian cricketer.
- He played 45 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1946 and 1957.At Christian Brothers' College, Perth, Edwards was a champion schoolboy cricketer, scoring five centuries in consecutive innings in 1940.
- He served in Borneo during World War II with the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit, receiving his discharge in 1946.When Western Australia was admitted to the Sheffield Shield in 1947/48 he opened the team's first innings and scored 105 in the second match against Victoria, adding 190 for the second wicket with George Robinson.
- He was the first batsman to score a century in each innings of a match for Western Australia, which he did against Queensland in 1950/51.He served on Western Australia's selection panel from 1960/61 to 1987/88, and was chairman from 1967/68 to 1987/88.
- Western Australia won the Sheffield Shield 10 times during the 21 seasons of his chairmanship.
- He returned to the panel for one more season in 2001/02.Edwards died in Perth in May 2019 aged 97.
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