Gar Waddy

Edgar Lloyd "Gar" Waddy (3 December 1879 – 2 August 1963) was an Australian cricketer. A a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played 58 first-class cricket matches, mostly for New South Wales, between 1896 and 1921, scoring 2775 runs and taking two wickets.^[1]

Gar Waddy

Personal information
Full name	Edgar Lloyd Waddy
Born	(1879-12-03)3 December 1879 Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2 August 1963(1963-08-02) (aged 83) Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper
Relations	Mick Waddy (brother) Stacy Waddy (brother) John Lloyd Waddy (son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1896/97–1920/21	New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 58 Runs scored 2,775 Batting average 32.64 100s/50s 6/11 Top score 140 Balls bowled 101 Wickets 2 Bowling average 48.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/4 Catches/stumpings 41/5
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2021

Waddy toured New Zealand with the Australian teams in 1913–14 and 1920–21. He played in the two matches against New Zealand on each tour.^[2] He made his highest first-class score, 140 in 124 minutes, when he opened the batting in the second match against New Zealand in 1913–14.^[3]

He was the father of the Second World War aviator and New South Wales legislator John Lloyd Waddy. Two of his brothers, Ernest Frederick, known as "Mick", and Percival Stacy, known as "Stacy", also played first-class cricket.^[4]