| George Paramor | |
| Fullname: | George Henry Paramor |
| Birth Date: | 19 June 1846 |
| Birth Place: | Margate, Kent, England |
| Death Place: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 8 |
| Runs1: | 232 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.46 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 62 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,102 |
| Wickets1: | 25 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 20.84 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/45 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
| Date: | 20 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38158.html ESPNcricinfo |
George Paramor (19 June 1846 – 2 August 1925) was an English cricketer. He moved to New Zealand in 1873 and played eight first-class matches for Otago between 1873 and 1881.[1]
Paramor was employed by the Dunedin Cricket Club as a professional in 1873, supervising the club's ground and practice sessions, and the coaching of younger players.[2] He supplemented his cricket earnings by working in an ironmongery warehouse, whose owner allowed him time off for cricket.[3]
The New Zealand cricket historian Tom Reese wrote of Paramor: "He was a tall upstanding player, whose long reddish beard was usually tucked inside his shirt. He was a popular player indeed."[4] His highest score was 62, out of Otago's first innings total of 148, against Canterbury in 1874-75.[5] It was Otago's highest score to that date.[6] He was known for his fighting qualities, which he showed by effectively combatting an early form of bodyline bowling used by the English bowler Tom Emmett in 1877.[3] His best bowling figures were 6 for 45 against Canterbury in 1878-79.[7]
Paramor moved to New South Wales in 1881, where he worked as an ironmonger's assistant. He lived in Liverpool, south-west of Sydney, where he died in August 1925.[8]