Edward Rooney

Edward A Rooney (Circa 1880 – Circa 1950) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

Edward Rooney

Personal information
Full name	Edward A Rooney
Born	Circa 1880 County Meath, Ireland
Died	Circa 1950 Ireland
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1913–1914	Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 34 Batting average 17.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 12* Balls bowled 0 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 November 2018

Rooney was born at County Meath sometime prior to 1880.[1] A civil servant with the Irish Land Commission, Rooney played his club cricket for the Land Commission associated Merrion, as well as playing for Pembroke.[1] He made two appearances in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1913.[2] He made a second first-class appearance against Scotland the following year at Dublin.[2] He scored 34 runs across his two matches, with a highest score of 12 not out.[3] He did not feature for Ireland again.[1] He later rose to the position of Acting Assistant Director in the Land Commission.[1]

References

1. "Player profile: Edward A Rooney". CricketEurope. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Edward Rooney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Rooney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-11-07.

External links

• Edward Rooney at ESPNcricinfo