Richard Edmunds

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Richard Edmunds
country = England
fullname = Richard Harold Edmunds
dayofbirth = 27
monthofbirth = 5
yearofbirth = 1970
placeofbirth = Oakham, Leicestershire
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 10
monthofdeath = 12
yearofdeath = 1989
placeofdeath = Leicester
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Left arm medium-fast
role = Bowler
club1 = Leicestershire
year1 = 1989
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 2
runs1 = 17
bat avg1 = 5.66
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 17
deliveries1 = 222
wickets1 = 3
bowl avg1 = 37.66
fivefor1 = –
tenfor1 = –
best bowling1 = 2/38
catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
column2 = List A
matches2 = 3
runs2 = 14
bat avg2 = 7.00
100s/50s2 = 0/0
top score2 = 9
deliveries2 = 132
wickets2 = 2
bowl avg2 = 59.00
fivefor2 = –
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 2/27
catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
date = 10 December
year = 1989
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/12618.html Cricinfo

Richard Harold Edmunds (May 27, 1970 — December 10, 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.

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 LBW off the bowling of Chris Cowdrey for a duck in the only innings in which he batted.

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.

Edmunds died at the in 1989 at the age of just 19 years and 197 days old, "as a result of injuries received in a car crash near his home in Oakham on November 22". [Citeweb|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/236396.html|title=1990 - Obituaries in 1989|author=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|accessdate=2008-05-19]

References

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29231/29231.html Richard Edmunds] at Cricket Archive