George Thackeray | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | George Thackeray |
Birth Place: | Bath, Somerset |
Death Place: | Hemingby, Lincolnshire |
Club1: | Cambridge University |
Year1: | 1826 |
Date: | 23 June |
Year: | 2013 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37789/37789.html CricketArchive |
George Thackeray (22 July 1806 – 9 October 1875) was an English cricketer with amateur status.
Thackeray was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He is recorded as playing in one first-class match for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1826, totalling 5 runs with a highest score of 5 and holding no catches.[1] He graduated BA in 1830, having already become a fellow of the college in 1829. He continued as a fellow until 1841, during which he was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1833. He was rector of Hemingby, Lincolnshire, 1840–75.