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Edward Smyrk

Edward Smyrk

New Zealand cricketer

Edward William Smyrk (1 May 1882 – 14 August 1962) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay and Wellington from 1910 to 1920.

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Smyrk was a spin bowler, useful lower-order batsman and fine fieldsman.[1][2] His best first-class bowling figures were 4 for 45 in his last match, for Wellington against Hawke's Bay in 1920.[3]

Smyrk served as a sapper with the Samoa Expeditionary Force in the Occupation of German Samoa in 1914.[4] He returned to New Zealand in March 1915 and married Jessie Arnold in Napier on 7 April.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Cricket". New Zealand Herald: 8. 3 March 1911.
  2. [2]
    "The Wellington Team". Star: 9. 24 December 1919.
  3. [3]
    "Wellington v Hawke's Bay 1919-20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Edward William Smyrk". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Social and Personal". New Zealand Times: 9. 9 April 1915.
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