E. B. Dwyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

E. B. Dwyer

Australian cricketer

Date of Birth: 03-May-1876

Place of Birth: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1912

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About E. B. Dwyer

  • John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer (3 May 1876 – 19 October 1912), better known as E.
  • B.
  • Dwyer, was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket in England for Sussex County Cricket Club.
  • Dwyer was born in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
  • His great-grandfather was Michael Dwyer, from Wicklow in Ireland, a leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
  • He fought a guerrilla campaign until he surrendered in December 1803, and was transported to Australia in 1805.
  • Dwyer played cricket in Australia for Redfern Wednesday Cricket Club and then for Redfern Cricket Club.
  • He was tall, and played mainly as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, using his height and a high right-arm bowling action to produce lift and turn.
  • Plum Warner encouraged him to play in England, where he arrived in early 1904.
  • CB Fry persuaded him to play for Sussex.
  • After playing a few matches for Sussex in 1904 and 1905, he became a regular member of the team from 1906, playing in 61 first-class matches for Sussex between 1904 and 1909, taking 179 wickets at a bowling average of 27.94.
  • He took 9 wickets for 35 runs against Derbyshire at Hove in 1906 (and 16 for 100 in the match).
  • He was less successful as a batsman.
  • He made two half-centuries, but his first-class batting average was only 11.87.
  • He made his best score, 63, against Surrey at Brighton in 1906.
  • He was dropped from the Sussex team after 1909 when his form declined.
  • He died in Crewe, where he was playing cricket for the season.

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