# Cyril Edge

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{{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](/source/Ashton-under-Lyne), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|10|5|1916|10|14|df=yes}}
|        death_place = [Ormskirk](/source/Ormskirk), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             heightm = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling)
|                role = 
|              family = 
|               club1 = [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1936–1938}}
|         clubnumber1 =
|               club2 = [Minor Counties](/source/Minor_Counties_cricket_team)
|               year2 = 1939
|         clubnumber2 =
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 9
|               runs1 = 17
|            bat avg1 = 5.66
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 15[*](/source/not_out)
|         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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er.  Edge was a right-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowled right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling).  He was born at [Ashton-under-Lyne](/source/Ashton-under-Lyne), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire).

Edge made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) at [Old Trafford](/source/Old_Trafford_Cricket_Ground) in the [1936 County Championship](/source/1936_County_Championship).  He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1938 County Championship](/source/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](/source/bowling_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](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) 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](/source/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](/source/Minor_Counties_cricket_team) team against the touring [West Indians](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team) at [Lord's](/source/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](/source/over_(cricket)).  The Minor Counties responded in their first-innings by making 310 all out, with Edge himself ending the innings [not out](/source/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](/source/Ormskirk), Lancashire, on 5 October 1985.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12610.html Cyril Edge] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29223/29223.html Cyril Edge] at CricketArchive

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Category:1916 births
Category:1985 deaths
Category:Cricketers from Ashton-under-Lyne
Category:English cricketers
Category:Lancashire cricketers
Category:Minor Counties cricketers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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