Richard Edgar Mayne (1882 - 1961)

Born 2 Jul 1882 in Jamestown, South Australia, Australia

Died 26 Oct 1961 at age 79 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Edgar Mayne is Notable.

Edgar Mayne was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Richard was born in July 1882 the son of Richard Mayne and his wife May (possibly Mary) Elizabeth (nee Green), at Jamestown in the Colony of South Australia.^[1]

Edgar Richard "Ernie" Mayne was an Australian cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and bowler. He first appeared for South Australia in 1906, winning a place in the Australian Test Team for the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England where he did well in a side blighted by infighting and poor behaviour, appearing in two Tests. He himself led a strong side to America in 1914 and by that time was also captaining his home state.

After World War I he switched to Victoria, and would also go on to captain them as well. In 1921 he toured England under Warwick Armstrong, but his opportunities were limited and he did not play a Test match. He would make his final tour in 1921-22 to South Africa, playing his final two Tests there, but without any success.

He passed away in October 1961 and is buried in the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Victoria Australia. There is as yet no indication of Edgar Mayne ever having been married.

Sources

1. ↑ South Australia Birth Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 23 Oct 2023), database entry for Richard Edgar Mayne (Birth Date: 2 Jul 1882, Father: Richard Mayne, Mother: Mary Elizabeth Green, Birthplace: Jamestown), Reference: District Clare, Book 285, Page 460.

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: MAYNE, Edgar Richard - event: Death - mother: May Elizabeth GREEN - father: MAYNE, Richard - place of birth: JANESTOWN SOUTH AUSTRALIA - place of birth: RICHMOND - spouse at death: <Unknown Family Name> - age at death: 77 - registration year: 1961 - registration no. 20245/1961. first accessed online on the 4th of February, 2023 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140016469/edgar-richard-mayne: accessed 04 February 2023), memorial page for Edgar Richard Mayne (2 Jul 1882–26 Oct 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #140016469, citing Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tim Reynolds (contributor 48314828).

• Edgar Mayne, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 4th of February, 2023 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mayne

• Ernie Mayne Australia his profile on the ESPNCRICINFO website.

• AUSTRALIA'S REPRESENTATIVES IN THE TRIANGULAR CRICKET TESTS. from The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) of Wednesday 28 February 1912, Page 30. first accessed on TROVE on the 4th of February, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164296141?searchTerm=%22Edgar%20mayne%22%20cricket%20photograph%20drawing%20Richard%20Ernie

Further Reading

• Australian Sports Museum © 2023

• Clement Hill and Edgar Mayne having a talk (PRG 280/1/30/48) • Photograph Dates / Publication details: 1922 - Collection: Part of Searcy Collection. via the State Library of South Australia

• Clement Hill and Edgar Mayne tossing a coin before a cricket match (PRG 280/1/30/70) • Photograph Dates / Publication details: 1922 - Collection: Part of Searcy Collection. via the State Library of South Australia

• VICTORIA BEATS SOUTH AUSTRALIA AT MELBOURNE from the Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939) of Wednesday 29 November 1911, Page 13. first accessed on TROVE on the 4th of February, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129932907?searchTerm=%22Edgar%20mayne%22%20cricket%20photograph%20drawing%20Richard%20Ernie

• The Australian Cricketers in England from the Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) of Thursday 7 July 1921, Page 38. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of February, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146719865?

• Man Who Led the Victorians Against the English Eleven from The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) of Saturday 20 November 1920, Page 6. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of February, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242241812?

• Edgar Mayne an Australian Test Cricketer - 1921 Australian Team. A button badge featuring an oval shaped black and white photograph of Edgar Mayne an Australian Test Cricketer. "E. R. MAYNE" is printed above the photograph in black text. On the left side of the oval photograph is a kangaroo an on the right side is an emu. Below photograph is a scroll containing the word "AUSTRALIA". Image: Copyright not evaluated http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ - Text: Copyright National Museum of Australia / CC BY-NC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

• THE CRICKETING CURIOS EDGAR MAYNE from the Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939) of Thursday 1 November 1934, Page 14. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of February, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136115662

• Edgar Mayne via WISDEN