All the team at CD extend our heartfelt condolences to the family & friends of Jock Edwards. An absolute legend of Nelson Cricket who played 8 Tests & 6 ODIs for the @Blackcaps [NZ] & represented @CentralStags [CD] in 67 first-class matches & 31 one-dayers in the 70s/80s [../..]
... A wicketkeeper-batsman, Jock was a mainstay of one of Nelson's great #HawkeCup eras, holding the Cup in a 14-match tenure from February 1979 to February 1983. He once hit a yorker from Ewen Chatfield into the lake at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth & famously once put [../..]
... one over the Trafalgar Park grandstand that landed in the back of a Transport Nelson truck. The driver found the ball when he got to Blenheim. Jock also scored a 99 at the same ground for CD vs Australia, and reached 5 first-class 100s among 92 first-class games in [../..]
all. Jock was a terrific teammate and an entertainer in the game whom we know will be hugely missed. Rest in peace, Jock.

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