Reginald Edwards (cricketer)

Reginald Owen Edwards (17 October 1881 – 15 November 1925) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Edwards was born at Great Yarmouth. He served in the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant with the King's Royal Rifle Corps in September 1914.[1] He was made a temporary lieutenant in December 1914,[2] before being made a temporary captain in August 1915.[3] He was transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps in November 1915.[4] By December 1917, he was serving with the Tank Corps,[5] ceasing to belong to the Corps in July 1919, when he was transferred to the Royal Engineers.[6] He was badly gassed in the war.[7] He was made a temporary major in August 1919,[8] before relinquishing his commission in March 1920.[9]

After the war, he played minor counties cricket for Norfolk in 1920, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[10] He played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1921 and 1922, making two appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[10] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for The Rest against the Royal Air Force at Eastbourne in 1922.[11] Batting twice in the match at number eleven, he ended The Rest's first-innings unbeaten without scoring, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Charlie Parker.[12] Edwards was a cricket enthusiast, often travelling around England to watch major matches, and was well known to many of the prominent county cricketers of the day.[7] He enjoyed travelling, spending a considerable amount of time in Africa, as well as travelling through Southern Russia, well known for doing so with a copy of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[7] He died at Bishop's Stortford in November 1925.