Edward Rooney

Edward A Rooney was an Irish first-class cricketer.
Rooney was born at County Meath sometime prior to 1880. A civil servant with the Irish Land Commission, Rooney played his club cricket for the Land Commission associated Merrion, as well as playing for Pembroke. He made two appearances in first-class cricket for Ireland [cricket team|Ireland] against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1913. He made a second first-class appearance against Scotland the following year at Dublin. He scored 34 runs across his two matches, with a highest score of 12 not out. He did not feature for Ireland again. He later rose to the position of Acting Assistant Director in the Land Commission.