Edgar Robert Moline (2 January 1855 – 16 December 1943) was an Anglo-Austrian born in the Austrian Empire to a British father and an Austrian mother. He moved as a child to England and played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire briefly in 1878. Moline was born in Laibach, then in Austria, but now named Ljubljana and part of Slovenia.[1] Together with his brothers Charles Moline, who played cricket for Cambridge, and Frank Moline, who played for Clifton and Bristol Grammar School, he moved to England.
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| Full name | Edgar Robert Moline | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1855 Laibach, Austrian Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 December 1943 (aged 88) Lynton, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1878 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 29 July 1878 Gloucestershire v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 19 August 1878 Gloucestershire v Sussex | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 April 2014 | |||||||||||||||
A right-hand bat, Moline played for an invitational XI at the behest of WG Grace in 1877, scoring two and 38.[2] He also made zero and nine against South Wales Cricket Club in 1880.[3] His two first-class matches for Gloucestershire came against Yorkshire and Sussex in July and August 1878 respectively. He scored thirty-one runs in total, with a batting average of 10.33. Moline also bowled underarm right-arm slow, but he was not called upon to bowl in his first-class career.[1] He died in Lynton, Devon.[4]
References edit
- Notes
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Edgar Moline". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Hertfordshire v WG Grace's XI Other matches in England 1877". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Clifton v South Wales Cricket Club Other matches in England 1880". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Player Profile: Edgar Moline". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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