Samuel Edgar

{{Short description|Irish cricketer}}

{{distinguish|Samuel Edger}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = Ireland

| fullname = Samuel James Edgar

| birth_date = 29 September 1913

| birth_place = Lisburn, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|1|31|1913|9|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Lisburn, Northern Ireland

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Ireland

| year1 = 1934

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 32

| bat avg1 = 32.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 32

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 3 January

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24361.html Cricinfo

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Samuel James Edgar (born 23 September 1913 in Lisburn, County Antrim; died 31 January 1937 in Lisburn[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26742/26742.html Cricket Archive profile]) was an Irish cricketer.

A right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, he played twice for the Ireland cricket team against the MCC in 1934.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1697.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] He made his debut in a two-day match in Strabane in July, scoring 103 opening the batting in the first innings.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/100/100558.html Scorecard of Ireland v MCC match in July 1934 at Cricket Archive] His second, and final, match was a first-class match at Trinity College in Dublin the following month.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/15/15160.html Scorecard of Ireland v MCC match in August 1934 at Cricket Archive]