George Martin (Otago cricketer) explained

George Alexander Martin (3 May 1869 – 24 February 1961) was a New Zealand cricketer who played a single first-class match for the Otago cricket team during the 1908–09 season.

Martin was born at Napier in the Hawke's Bay region in 1869. He worked as a tailor.[1] His only senior cricket match was against Hawke's Bay in January 1909, one of only six first-class matches played in New Zealand during the 1908–09 season. Batting last in Otago's first innings, he scored five runs in the only innings in which he batted.[2]

Martin died at Dunedin in 1961. He was aged 91.[3]

Notes and References

  1. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 90. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.)
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22386/22386.html George Martin
  3. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/george-martin-37821 George Martin