Captain Joseph Edward Lynch (born 26 April 1880 in Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland; died 25 September 1915 in Loos, France) was an Irish cricketer.Cricket Archive profile A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he played twice for the Ireland cricket team in September 1909.CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
His first match for Ireland was against "All New York" on Staten Island. He did not score a run in the match as Ireland won by an innings. In his second match, also his only first-class match,First-class matches played by Joseph Lynch at CricketArchive he played against Philadelphia, and was the tenth victim of Bart King in the Irish first innings. He did not play for Ireland again.
Lynch was a British Army officer who first commissioned into the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and during World War I rose to be a captain in the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed during the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915.
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