{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Cyril Arthur Edge | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|10|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|10|5|1916|10|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Ormskirk, Lancashire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | family = | club1 = Lancashire | year1 = {{nowrap|1936–1938}} | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Minor Counties | year2 = 1939 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 17 | bat avg1 = 5.66 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 15* | deliveries1 = 1,604 | wickets1 = 29 | bowl avg1 = 30.10 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/71 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 5 May | year = 2012 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12610.html Cricinfo }}
'''Cyril Arthur Edge''' (14 December 1916 – 5 October 1985) was an English cricketer. Edge was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
Edge made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Worcestershire at Old Trafford in the 1936 County Championship. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Essex in the 1938 County Championship.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29223/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Cyril Edge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> In his eight first-class appearances for Lancashire, he took 25 wickets at an average of 30.36, with best figures of 4/71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29223/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Cyril Edge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> A poor batsman, he scored just 2 runs from five innings, averaging 0.66.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29223/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cyril Edge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> He also represented the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29223/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Cyril Edge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> which allowed him to represent a combined Minor Counties team against the touring West Indians at Lord's in 1939.<ref name="FCM"/> Batting first, the West Indians made 370 all out, with Edge taking figures of 4/97 from sixteen overs. The Minor Counties responded in their first-innings by making 310 all out, with Edge himself ending the innings not out on 15, his highest score in first-class cricket. In their second-innings, the West Indians were reached 138/4, with edge bowling five wicketless overs. The match ended as a draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17009.html|title=Minor Counties v West Indians, 1939|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref>
He died at Ormskirk, Lancashire, on 5 October 1985.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12610.html Cyril Edge] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29223/29223.html Cyril Edge] at CricketArchive
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