Chappie Dwyer

Edmund Alfred Dwyer (19 October 1894 – 10 September 1975), known as Chappie Dwyer, was an Australian cricketer and national selector. Dwyer was born in Mosman, Sydney and played for the New South Wales cricket team for three first-class cricket matches as a right-handed batsman.

Career

Dwyer played his three matches for NSW sporadically between the end of the First World War and the year of the Wall Street crash. His first match took place on 26 December 1918 against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Dwyer did not play again until 28 November 1925, against Queensland in Brisbane.

Dwyer's last appearance in first-class cricket came on 8 February 1929, against Tasmania in Hobart.

Dwyer completed his three-match career with 65 runs at 16.25, and a highscore of 23* against Queensland in 1925. His son, Brian Eric Dwyer, who was born on 9 February 1925, would go on to play for New South Wales' Colts and Second XI across the winter of 1948/49, however neither ever represented Australia at- the international level.

Dwyer served as a selector for New South Wales from 1930 to 1954, and a national selector from 1930 to 1952. He managed the Australian team that toured South Africa in 1949–50. Jack Fingleton thought the combination of Dwyer and the captain, Lindsay Hassett, was the best an Australian touring team ever had.