George Fillingham Explained

George Fillingham
Country:England
Fullname:George Henry Fillingham
Birth Date:24 August 1841
Birth Place:Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Death Place:Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Family:Thomas Blake (uncle)
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:0
Bat Avg1:0.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:0
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:2/–
Date:4 May
Year:2021
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13049.html Cricinfo

George Henry Fillingham (24 August 1841 – 17 January 1895) was an English first-class cricketer and administrator.

The son of George Fillingham senior, he was born in August 1841 at Syerston Hall in Syerston, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Harrow School, where he played for the cricket eleven,[1] before going up to St John's College, Oxford.[2] He played a single first-class cricket match for the Gentlemen of the South against the Gentlemen of the North at Beeston in 1870,[3] batting once in the match and being dismissed without scoring by A. N. Hornby; he was one of five ducks in the Gentlemen of the South first innings.[4] He was a well known patron of cricket in Nottinghamshire, serving on the committee of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and later as its president.[1] Fillingham was also a founder of the Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire team.[5] Outside of cricket, he was a justice of the peace. Fillingham died at Syerston in January 1895, six weeks after being shot in a hunting accident.[1] His uncle was the cricketer Thomas Blake.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911. Dauglish. M. G.. Stephenson. P. K.. Longmans, Green, and Co.. London. 1911. 3. 282. en.
  2. Book: Foster, Joseph . Alumni Oxonienses . 1891 . Fillingham, George Henry . Parker and Company . 461 . en.
  3. Web site: First-Class Matches played by George Fillingham. CricketArchive. 2021-05-04. subscription.
  4. Web site: Gentlemen of the North v Gentlemen of the South, 1870. CricketArchive. 2021-05-04. subscription.
  5. Web site: Wisden - Obituaries in 1895. 24 November 2005. CricketArchive. 2021-05-04.