Prof Edwards

{{Short description|Barbadian cricketer (born 1940)}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Prof Edwards

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Richard Martin Edwards

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|6|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Christ Church, Barbados

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 65

| bat avg1 = 9.28

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 22

| deliveries1 = 1,311

| wickets1 = 18

| bowl avg1 = 34.77

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/84

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 35

| runs2 = 389

| bat avg2 = 11.78

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 34

| deliveries2 = 5,469

| wickets2 = 78

| bowl avg2 = 36.29

| fivefor2 = 3

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/45

| catches/stumpings2= 15/–

| international = true

| country = West Indies

| testdebutagainst = Australia

| testdebutdate = 26 December

| testdebutyear = 1968

| lasttestdate = 13 March

| lasttestyear = 1969

| lasttestagainst = New Zealand

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51740.html CricInfo

| date = 10 June

| year = 2022

}}

Richard Martin "Prof" Edwards (born 3 June 1940) is a former cricketer. He played five Test matches as an opening bowler for the West Indies on the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1968–69.

After leaving The Lodge School in Barbados,Keith A. P. Sandiford, Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados, University of West Indies Press, Kingston, 1998, pp. 61-62. he played for Barbados between 1961–62 and 1969–70. Altogether he played 35 first-class matches in his career. His best bowling figures were 6 for 45 for Barbados against Leeward Islands in 1966/67.* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1321/1321.html Richard Edwards], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-10. {{subscription required}}

He holds the record for the greatest number of runs scored off an eight-ball over with 34 (4, 0, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4) bowled by Joey Carew, Governor-General's XI v West Indians at Auckland, 1968–69.

He later worked as the groundsman at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.