Richard Edmunds (cricketer)

Richard Harold Edmunds (27 May 1970 – 10 December 1989) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Leicestershire. He was born in Oakham and died in Leicester.

Richard Edmunds
Personal information
Full name
Richard Harold Edmunds
Born(1970-05-27)27 May 1970
Oakham, Rutland, England
Died10 December 1989(1989-12-10) (aged 19)
Leicester, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 2 3
Runs scored 17 14
Batting average 5.66 7.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 17 9
Balls bowled 222 132
Wickets 3 2
Bowling average 37.66 59.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/38 2/27
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 August 2022

Edmunds made two first-class appearances during the 1989 season for the team, making a duck in his debut innings but scoring 17 in the second, against Gloucestershire. He also took two wickets during the match. Edmunds' second and final match was less impressive, as he was trapped leg before wicket off the bowling of Chris Cowdrey for a duck in the only innings in which he batted.[1][2][3][4]

Edmunds also made three List A appearances for the team during the season. Edmunds played in two Youth Test matches for England Young Cricketers against New Zealand in the summer of 1989, and three Youth One-Day Internationals during the same tour.[1][5][6]

Edmunds died in 1989 aged 19, as a result of injuries received in a car crash near his home in Oakham on 22 November.[7][8][9][10]

References
  1. "Richard Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. "Leicestershire v Gloucestershire in 1989". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. "Kent v Leicestershire in 1989". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. Fitzpatrick, Paul (14 June 1989). "Leics v Gloucs - Potter and Parsons delay defeat". The Guardian. p. 18. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. "Under-19 Test Matches played by Richard Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. "Under-19 ODI Matches played by Richard Edmunds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  7. "Obituaries in 1989". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1990. Retrieved 19 May 2008 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  8. "Barlow the boss". Evening Standard. 22 November 1989. p. 168. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  9. "Imran joins the 350 club". The Guardian. 11 December 1989. p. 16. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. "Richard Edmunds". The Times. 11 December 1989. p. 31.
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