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Henry Edmondson (sportsman)

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Tasmanian-born Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Henry Edmondson
Personal information
Full name Henry Watson Edmondson
Date of birth (1872-11-25)25 November 1872
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania
Date of death 18 August 1946(1946-08-18) (aged 73)
Place of death South Perth, Western Australia
Position(s) Forward
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1902–1907 Perth 74 (131)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.

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. He kicked two goals on grand final day, the only multiple goal-kicker on either team, in what was his final league appearance.

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. 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. He finished with career with 194 runs at 17.63 and four wickets at 56.50, from six first-class matches.

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Notes

  1. Both CricketArchive and Cricinfo gives him a middle name of "Pudsey Dawson" but the newspaper articles from his day use "Watson"

References

  1. "Edmondson (Perth)". WAFL Online. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  2. "A Premiership on Protest". Australian Football.
  3. The West Australian, "A Versatile Player", 29 August 1946. p. 4
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Edmondson (6)". CricketArchive.
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