Edward Lukis was a well-travelled mining engineer who played once for Glamorganshire, on 14 and 15 1874, against Breconshire at Cardiff Arms Park. Batting at number nine, the member of Cardiff CC scored 0 and 3, besides taking a catch in what proved to be his only county appearance.
He was the eldest son of John Walter Lukis, a well-respected mining engineer and manager of the Powell Llantwit Colliery, whose family hailed from Guernsey. At the time, John was living in Swansea, with Edward based in Cardiff and also serving with the Third Glamorganshire Artillery Militia.
Edward had been born in France when his father was working at various mines in the Auvergne, and after completing his training, Edward himself left British shores and worked overseas for the rest of his life. During the 1880s he lived in Mexico City whilst working at a mine in Aguacalientes, before moving to Texas and working at Eagle Pass during the early 1890s. Despite living in the States, he continued to play cricket and joined the New Jersey Athletic Club and featured in the New York and District Metropolitan League.
He was married at Orleans in Louisiana during 1893 although this was later dissolved, and he married for a second time in 1905 by which time he was working in Lima Peru. In 1915 he moved to live and work in New York, besides acquiring American citizenship. After retiring, he and his family moved to Puerto Cortes in Honduras around 1928 and it was here that he died during 1935.
LUKIS, Edward du Bois
Born: Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, 1 June 1856.
Died: Puerto Cortes, Honduras, 1935.