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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Edwin Hardy<br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Edwin Pearce Hardy<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|8|20|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Esholt]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|12|31|1892|8|20|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Little Bookham]], [[Surrey]], England<br />
| batting = <br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = <br />
| family = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]<br />
| year1 = 1915/16<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 3<br />
| runs1 = 103<br />
| bat avg1 = 51.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 53<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–<br />
| date = 10 February 2022<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/edwin-hardy-29333 ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
'''Edwin Pearce Hardy''' (20 August 1892 – 31 December 1968) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er.<br />
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Born at [[Esholt]], Hardy made two appearances for the Yorkshire 2nd XI in the 1910 [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref name="hardy1">{{cite web |title=Edwin Hardy |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13617/13617.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref> He studied at [[Durham University]], where he played for his college, [[Hatfield College, Durham|Hatfield Hall]], as well as the university side; he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1914.<ref>{{cite book |title=Graduates of the University |date=1948 |publisher=University of Durham |location=Durham |page=109}}</ref><br />
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Hardy represented the [[Europeans cricket team]] during the 1915 [[Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref name=hardy1 /> He had his first-class debut against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] on 9 September, where he made 36 runs [[not out]] in his only innings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Europeans vs Muslims |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9483.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref> In the final played four days later against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] he was bowled [[Leg before wicket|lbw]] after 14 runs by [[Palwankar Baloo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Europeans vs Hindus |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9484.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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He played his first and last match for [[England national cricket team|England]] on 13 December 1915, facing [[India national cricket team|India]] as part of a scratch team of cricketing soldiers and civil servants (among them the [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Governor of Bombay]]) and scored 53 runs in what was a comfortable "England" victory.<ref>{{cite web |title=India vs England |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9485.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1892 births]]<br />
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[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]<br />
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[[Category:Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from the City of Bradford]]<br />
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