Joseph Lynch (cricketer)

Joseph Lynch (cricketer)

Captain Joseph Edward Lynch (born 26 April 1880 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland; died 25 September 1915 in Loos, France) was an Irish cricketer. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26811/26811.html Cricket Archive profile] ] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/bio/l/lynch_je.html CricketEurope Stats Zone biography] ] he played twice for the Ireland cricket team in September 1909. [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1453.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ]

His first match for Ireland was against "All New York" on Staten Island. He didn't score a run in the match as Ireland won by an innings. In his second match, also his only first-class match, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26811/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Joseph Lynch] at Cricket Archive] he played against Philadelphia, and was the tenth victim of Bart King in the Irish first innings. He did not play for Ireland again.

Lynch was a British Army officer who first commissioned into the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and during World War I rose to be a captain in the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed during the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915.

References

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