Harold Edge

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Harold Emerton Edge

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|6|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Market Drayton, Shropshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|1|24|1892|6|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Winsford, Cheshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Unknown-arm medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Denbighshire

| year1 = 1930–1931

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Wales

| year2 = 1927–1929

| clubnumber2 =

| club3 = Lancashire

| year3 = 1913

| clubnumber3 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 27

| bat avg1 = 6.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 19*

| deliveries1 = 423

| wickets1 = 4

| bowl avg1 = 69.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/115

| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| date = 24 August

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12612.html Cricinfo

}}

Harold Emerton Edge (8 June 1892 – 24 January 1944) was an English cricketer. Edge was a right-handed batsman who bowled medium pace, although his bowling arm is not known. He was born in Market Drayton, Shropshire.

Edge made his only first-class appearance for Lancashire against Warwickshire in the 1913 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29225/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Harold Edge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}} In this match, he bowled a total of 29 wicket-less overs, while with the bat he was dismissed in Lancashire's first innings for 3 runs by Percy Jeeves and did not bat in the second innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9107.html|title=Lancashire v Warwickshire, 1913 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}} He later played first-class cricket for Wales, making the first of his two appearances for Wales in 1927 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In this match, Edge claimed 4 first-innings wickets, taking 4/115. With the bat unbeaten on 19 in the Welsh first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by Cyril Ormerod.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12278.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Wales, 1927|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}} His second and final first-class appearance for Wales came against the touring South Africans in 1929. Edge went wicket-less in the match, while with the bat he was dismissed for a duck by Quintin McMillan in the Welsh first-innings. He followed this up with the same score and same bowler dismissing him in their second-innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13163.html|title=Wales v South Africans, 1929|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}}

He made his debut for Denbighshire in the 1930 Minor Counties Championship against Cheshire. He made ten further Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county, the last of which came against Staffordshire in 1931.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29225/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Harold Edge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}}

He died in Winsford, Cheshire on 24 January 1944.