Eddie Ingram

Infobox Old Cricketer


nationality = Irish
country = Ireland
country abbrev = Ire
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngname = Eddie Ingram
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm medium pace/Leg spin
FCs = 31
FC runs = 766
FC bat avg = 15.01
FC 100s/50s = 0/2
FC top score = 64
FC balls = 6105
FC wickets = 79
FC bowl avg = 24.00
FC 5s = 1
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 5/48
FC catches/stumpings = 11/0
debut date = 4 August
debut year = 1928
last date = 11 June
last year = 1953
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26786/26786.html Cricket Archive

Edward "Eddie" Ingram (14 August 1910 in Dublin, Ireland – 13 March 1973 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26786/26786.html Cricket Archive profile] ] was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace/leg spin bowler, he played 48 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1928 and 1953 [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire137.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] including nineteen first-class matches. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26786/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class batting for each team by Eddie Ingram at Cricket Archive] ] He also played county cricket for Middlesex, playing twelve times between 1938 and 1949. [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/bio/i/ingram_e.html CricketEurope Stats Zone Biography] ]

Playing career

Ingram made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against the MCC in a first-class match [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26786/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Eddie Ingram at Cricket Archive] ] ten days before his 18th birthday. He continued to play in the Ireland team, mainly playing against the MCC and Scotland in addition to internationals against Australia and New Zealand.

He began playing for Middlesex in 1938, making his debut in a County Championship match against Worcestershire. He was never a regular in the Middlesex side, which allowed him to continue playing for Ireland, his career interrupted only by the Second World War. He played for Ireland against various English county teams, also playing internationals against Scotland, South Africa and India.

His last game for Middlesex came in June 1949 against Glamorgan, and his last first-class match was for Ireland against Scotland in July 1953 at the age of 42.This was also his last match overall for Ireland.

tatistics

In all matches for Ireland, Ingram scored 1628 runs at an average of 20.10, scoring ten half-centuries with a top score of 83 against the MCC in August 1935. He took 151 wickets at an average of 20.12, taking five wickets in an innings seven times, and ten in a match once, with best innings bowling figures of 7/83 against Australia in September 1938. He captained Ireland eight times.

In first-class cricket, he scored 766 runs at an average of 15.01, scoring two fifties with a top score of 64 for Ireland against Scotland. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26786/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html First-class batting against each opponent by Eddie Ingram at Cricket Archive] ] He took 79 wickets at an average of 24.00 with best bowling figures of 5/48 for Ireland [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26786/f_Bowling_by_Team.html First-class bowling for each team by Eddie Ingram at Cricket Archive] ] against Scotland. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26786/f_Bowling_by_Opponent.html First-class bowling against each opponent by Eddie Ingram at Cricket Archive] ] For Middlesex his top score was 28 and his best bowling was 3/7.

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