Charles Edwards (New Zealand cricketer)

Charles Edwards
Personal information
Full name
Charles Howard Edwards
Born1856
Kew, Melbourne, Australia
Died20 March 1924 (aged 67–68)
Napier, New Zealand
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1884-85 to 1887-88Hawke's Bay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 22
Batting average 11.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 22
Balls bowled 259
Wickets 9
Bowling average 11.33
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/17
Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: Cricinfo, 21 June 2019

Charles Howard Edwards (1856[1] – 20 March 1924) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1884 and 1888.

On his first-class debut in 1884–85 Edwards opened the bowling for Hawke's Bay and took 4 for 17 and 3 for 20 in Hawke's Bay's eight-wicket victory over Wellington.[2] In a one-day match against the touring Australians in 1886–87 he took 6 for 39.[3]

Edwards was appointed manager of the Napier Gas Company in 1886, and still held that position at the time of his sudden death in Napier in March 1924.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cricinfo gives 1852, CricketArchive 1856.
  2. ^ "Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1884–85". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Hawke's Bay v Australians 1886–87". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Notabilia". Daily Telegraph. 19 November 1886. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Obituary: Mr. C. H. Edwards". New Zealand Herald. 21 March 1924. p. 10.