Edmund Kirwin

Edmund Kirwin
Personal information
Full name	Edmund Kirwin
Date of birth	(1876-03-31)31 March 1876
Place of birth	Richmond, Victoria
Original team(s)	Albert Park
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898	St Kilda	1 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edmund Kirwin (31 March 1876, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Michael Kirwin (1861-1884),^[2] and Kate Kirwin, née Dunn,^[3] Edmund Kirwin was born at Richmond, Victoria on 31 March 1876.^[4]

Cricket

He was a well-established batsman, playing for the St Kilda Cricket Club for more than a decade.^[5]

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

In June 1898 he was granted a clearance from St Kilda to Albert Park.^[6]

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.484.
2. Funeral Notices: Kirwin, The Age, (Friday, 9 May 1884), p. 8.
3. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.3184/1877.
4. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.11549/1876.
5. See, for instance, Cricket, St Kilda C.C., The Prahran Chronicle, (Saturday, 22 September 1900), p.3.
6. Football, The Argus, (Friday, 3 June 1898), p.9.

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

• Edmund Kirwin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Edmund Kirwin at AustralianFootball.com