Edward Smyrk
New Zealand cricketer
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Full name | Edward William Smyrk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1882-05-01)1 May 1882 Reefton, Inangahua County, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 August 1962(1962-08-14) (aged 80) Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin, leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1909-10 to 1912-13 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1913-14 to 1919-20 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2020 |
Edward William Smyrk (1 May 1882 – 14 August 1962) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay and Wellington from 1910 to 1920.
Smyrk was a spin bowler, useful lower-order batsman and fine fieldsman.[1][2] His best first-class bowling figures were 4 for 45 in his last match, for Wellington against Hawke's Bay in 1920.[3]
Smyrk served as a sapper with the Samoa Expeditionary Force in the Occupation of German Samoa in 1914.[4] He returned to New Zealand in March 1915 and married Jessie Arnold in Napier on 7 April.[5]
References
- ^ "Cricket". New Zealand Herald: 8. 3 March 1911.
- ^ "The Wellington Team". Star: 9. 24 December 1919.
- ^ "Wellington v Hawke's Bay 1919-20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Edward William Smyrk". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Social and Personal". New Zealand Times: 9. 9 April 1915.
External links
- Edward Smyrk at ESPNcricinfo