Allan Robert Edwards (24 December 1921 – 30 May 2019) was an Australian

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er. He played 45 first-class matches for

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between 1946 and 1957. At

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, Edwards was a champion schoolboy cricketer, scoring five centuries in consecutive innings in 1940.''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 156. He served in

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during

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with the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit, receiving his discharge in 1946. When

was admitted to the

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in 1947/48 he opened the team's first innings and scored 105 in the second match against

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, adding 190 for the second wicket with George Robinson. He was the first batsman to score a century in each innings of a match for Western Australia, which he did against

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in 1950/51. He served on Western Australia's selection panel from 1960/61 to 1987/88, and was chairman from 1967/68 to 1987/88. Western Australia won the Sheffield Shield 10 times during the 21 seasons of his chairmanship.''

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'' 2003, p. 1451. He returned to the panel for one more season in 2001/02. Edwards died in Perth in May 2019 aged 97.WACA Pays Tribute To Allan Edwards

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, 31 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Allan 1921 births 2019 deaths Australian cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Western Australia cricketers Australian military personnel of World War II Military personnel from Western Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen