Aidan Thomas Lyons (December 1878 – 12 February 1910) was a South African

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er. He played in thirteen first-class matches for Eastern Province between 1902/03 and 1908/09. Lyons was one of Eastern Province's most reliable players during the 1900s."Mr. A. T. Lyons"
''Cricket'', 31 March 1910, p. 38. In the quarter-final of the

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in 1904–05, he opened the batting and scored 37, when no one else for Eastern Province reached 20, and

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's highest was only 42. His best bowling figures were 7 for 56 and 6 for 23 against

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in the 1902–03

; eight of his victims were bowled. He took 7 for 66 and

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for 31

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for a Port Elizabeth XV against the touring MCC in 1905–06. He died after a long illness in hospital in Queenstown in February 1910, aged 31.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Aidan 1878 births 1910 deaths Cape Colony cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Cricketers from Gqeberha