About Edwin Cummings
Lived 1885 – 1951 (aged 66). Edwin Cummings was a New Zealand cricketer.
Edwin Moon Cummings (29 January 1885 – 22 November 1951) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago, one in each of the 1909–10 and 1911–12 seasons.
Cummings was born at Dunedin in 1885. He worked as a timber merchant. His older brother George Cummings played cricket for Otago and Auckland. Cummings made his senior debut for the Otago side in a match against the touring Australians at Carisbrook in March 1910. Opening the bowling, he took the first two Australian wickets to fall in the match. His only other first-class match for the side came later in the same year in a Christmas fixture against Canterbury.
Cummings died at Christchurch in 1951. He was aged 66.
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Who was Edwin Cummings?
cricketer (1885-1951)
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Edwin Cummings was born on 29 January 1885 in Dunedin.
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Edwin Cummings died on 22 November 1951 in Christchurch.
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Edwin Cummings was a cricketer.
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Edwin Cummings was New Zealand.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Edwin Cummings. https://biography.guide/edwin-cummings/
MLA: "Edwin Cummings." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/edwin-cummings/.
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