| Allan Edwards | |
| Fullname: | Allan Robert Edwards |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Death Place: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Club1: | Western Australia |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 45 |
| Runs1: | 2,370 |
| Bat Avg1: | 32.46 |
| 100S/50S1: | 3/13 |
| Top Score1: | 105 |
| Deliveries1: | 685 |
| Wickets1: | 14 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 24.71 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/54 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 34/– |
| Date: | 22 March |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5164.html Cricinfo |
Allan Robert Edwards (24 December 1921 – 30 May 2019) was an Australian cricketer. He played 45 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1946 and 1957.[1]
At Christian Brothers' College, Perth, Edwards was a champion schoolboy cricketer, scoring five centuries in consecutive innings in 1940.[2] He served in Borneo during World War II with the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit, receiving his discharge in 1946.[3]
When Western Australia was admitted to the Sheffield Shield in 1947/48 he opened the team's first innings and scored 105 in the second match against Victoria, adding 190 for the second wicket with George Robinson.[4] He was the first batsman to score a century in each innings of a match for Western Australia, which he did against Queensland in 1950/51.[2]
He served on Western Australia's selection panel from 1960/61 to 1987/88, and was chairman from 1967/68 to 1987/88.[5] Western Australia won the Sheffield Shield 10 times during the 21 seasons of his chairmanship.[6] He returned to the panel for one more season in 2001/02.[5]
Edwards died in Perth in May 2019 aged 97.[7]