Edmund Kirwin

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Edmund Kirwin
Personal information
Full name Edmund Kirwin
Date of birth(1876-03-31)31 March 1876
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Original team(s) Albert Park
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1898 St Kilda 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edmund Kirwin (31 March 1876, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

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Family

The son of Michael Kirwin (1861-1884), [2] and Kate Kirwin, née Dunn, [3] Edmund Kirwin was born at Richmond, Victoria on 31 March 1876. [4]

Cricket

He was a well-established batsman, playing for the St Kilda Cricket Club for more than a decade. [5]

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

In June 1898 he was granted a clearance from St Kilda to Albert Park. [6]

Notes

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.484.
  2. Funeral Notices: Kirwin, The Age, (Friday, 9 May 1884), p. 8.
  3. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.3184/1877.
  4. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.11549/1876.
  5. See, for instance, Cricket, St Kilda C.C., The Prahran Chronicle, (Saturday, 22 September 1900), p.3.
  6. Football, The Argus, (Friday, 3 June 1898), p.9.

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