Joseph Lynch (cricketer)

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Joseph Lynch
Personal information
Full name
Joseph Edward Lynch
Born26 April 1880
Monkstown, Ireland
Died25 September 1915(1915-09-25) (aged 35)
Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais,
France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches1
Runs scored12
Batting average 6.00
100s/50s–/–
Top score11
Balls bowled36
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2022

Captain Joseph Edward Lynch (born 26 April 1880 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland; died 25 September 1915 in Loos, France) was an Irish cricketer. [1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, [2] he played twice for the Ireland cricket team in September 1909. [3]

His first match for Ireland was against "All New York" on Staten Island. He did not score a run in the match as Ireland won by an innings. [2] In his second match, also his only first-class match, [4] he played against Philadelphia, and was the tenth victim of Bart King in the Irish first innings. He did not play for Ireland again.

Lynch was a British Army officer who first commissioned into the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and during World War I rose to be a captain in the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed during the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. [2]

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References

  1. Cricket Archive profile
  2. 1 2 3 "CricketEurope Stats Zone biography". Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
  3. CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. First-class matches played by Joseph Lynch at CricketArchive