Edmund Kirwin

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
Years Club Games (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]

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.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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