Background
Jock Edwards was born in Nelson, and attended Nelson College.
Jock Edwards was born in Nelson, and attended Nelson College.
Nelson College.
He played eight Test matches and six One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He was a short, stocky wicketkeeper who was a good enough batsman to make his Test debut against Australia in 1976-1977 as a specialist. He was brought back in 1977-1978 as a wicketkeeper-batsman and made 55 and 54 on his comeback against England at Auckland. he"s made mistakes you"d have the 3rd XI "keeper at school running round the pitch for".
But the genial Edwards kept his spirits up and was a popular tourist.
He returned for three home Tests against India in 1980-1981 where he chipped in with useful runs, but the emergence of Ian Smith signalled the end of his international career.
