Gar Waddy Explained

Gar Waddy
Country:Australia
Fullname:Edgar Lloyd Waddy
Birth Date:3 December 1879
Birth Place:Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Role:Wicket-keeper
Club1:New South Wales
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:58
Runs1:2,775
Bat Avg1:32.64
100S/50S1:6/11
Top Score1:140
Deliveries1:101
Wickets1:2
Bowl Avg1:48.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/4
Catches/Stumpings1:41/5
Date:29 May
Year:2021
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8130.html ESPNcricinfo

Edgar Lloyd "Gar" Waddy (3 December 1879 – 2 August 1963) was an Australian cricketer. A a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played 58 first-class cricket matches, mostly for New South Wales, between 1896 and 1921, scoring 2775 runs and taking two wickets.[1]

Waddy toured New Zealand with the Australian teams in 1913–14 and 1920–21. He played in the two matches against New Zealand on each tour.[2] He made his highest first-class score, 140 in 124 minutes, when he opened the batting in the second match against New Zealand in 1913–14.[3]

He was the father of the Second World War aviator and New South Wales legislator John Lloyd Waddy. Two of his brothers, Ernest Frederick, known as "Mick", and Percival Stacy, known as "Stacy", also played first-class cricket.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gar Waddy . 10 December 2015 . ESPNcricinfo.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Gar Waddy . CricketArchive . 29 May 2021.
  3. Web site: New Zealand v Australia 1913-14. CricketArchive . 29 May 2021.
  4. Obituary: Rev. E. F. Waddy . The Cricketer - Winter Annual 1958–59 . 39 . 539 . CricketArchive . 24 July 2024.