Researching Harold Edge
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5159 people with the Edge surname? In that year Edge was ranked number 824 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Harold means "army-power" and is of English origin.
Records of Harold Edge on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harold Edge and the Edge Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 7330 people with the Edge surname in the UK? Edge is now ranked number 808 for popularity in the UK. |
Edge Family Tree Databases
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Edge Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Harold Edge. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Harold Edge
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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
He died in Winsford, Cheshire on 24 January 1944.
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