Edward Fitzsimmons

Edward Fitzsimmons (1869 – 28 January 1942) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1890 to 1896.

Edward Fitzsimmons

Personal information
Born	1869
Died	28 January 1942 (aged 72–73) Wanganui, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1889/90–1895/96	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 15 Runs scored 134 Batting average 6.70 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 19 Balls bowled 1,636 Wickets 33 Bowling average 20.69 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/39 Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 April 2019

Fitzsimmons was an off-spin bowler and excellent slips fieldsman.^[1] In 1890–91, on the first day of his second first-class match, against Canterbury, 31 wickets fell for 242 runs as he helped dismiss Canterbury twice with 4 for 8 and 2 for 25; Wellington won by eight wickets early on the second day.^[2] He took his best figures of 5 for 39 (9 for 66 in the match) in Wellington's victory over Hawke's Bay two seasons later.^[3]

He worked as a telegraphist with the Post and Telegraph Department.^[4]