Henry Edmondson
| Henry Edmondson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Henry Watson Edmondson[nb 1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania | ||
| Date of death | 18 August 1946 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | South Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1902-1907 | Perth | 74 (131) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1907 season. | |||
Henry Watson Edmondson (25 November 1872 – 18 August 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Perth in the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA). He also played first-class cricket for Western Australia.
Edmondson was already 29 when he started his WAFA career, in 1902. In his first season he was Perth's leading goal-kicker and he was the full-forward in their 1907 premiership team, which won the grand final on appeal.[1] He kicked two goals on grand final day, the only multiple goal-kicker on either team, in what was his final league appearance.[2]
He played most of his interstate cricket after retiring from football but participated in one first-class match in 1905/06, as a bowler.
In 1912/13, Edmond both played in and was manager of the Western Australia team which toured the country.[3] On this occasion he was used as a top order batsman and scored two half centuries, the best of which was 68 against New South Wales. Against South Australia in Adelaide, Edmondson acted as his side's wicket-keeper in the second innings as usual gloveman Harold Evers was injured. In Sydney, Edmondson got a pair against New South Wales but also got the biggest wicket of his career, that of Victor Trumper.[4] He finished with career with 194 runs at 17.63 and four wickets at 56.50, from six first-class matches.
Notes
- ↑ Both CricketArchive and Cricinfo gives him a middle name of "Pudsey Dawson" but the newspaper articles from his day use "Watson"
References
- ↑ "Edmondson (Perth)". WAFL Online.
- ↑ "A Premiership On Protest". Australian Football.
- ↑ The West Australian, "A Versatile Player", 29 August 1946. p. 4
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Edmondson (6)". CricketArchive.