Walter George (cricketer) explained

Walter George
Fullname:Walter George
Birth Date:20 September 1847
Birth Place:Selling, Kent
Death Place:Sydenham, Kent
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Left-arm fast-medium
Year1:1875
Type1:FC
Debutdate1:31 May
Debutyear1:1875
Debutfor1:Kent
Lastdate1:4 August
Lastyear1:1875
Lastfor1:Kent
Lastagainst1:Gentlemen of MCC
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:5
Runs1:4
Bat Avg1:1.33
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:2
Deliveries1:657
Wickets1:22
Bowl Avg1:14.31
Fivefor1:2
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:7/86
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Date:17 July
Year:2017
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13583.html CricInfo

Walter George (20 September 1847 – 2 November 1938) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club in 1875.[1]

George was born at Selling near Faversham in Kent in 1847.[2] He played for MCC in 1872 but did not make his first-class cricket debut until 1875 when he played five times for Kent as a bowler. George was a left-arm fast-medium roundarm bowler and took 22 first-class wickets in his five matches. He took 6 wickets for 32 runs against Hampshire and 7 for 86 against Derbyshire.[3]

George's last known match was for Lord Harris' XI at Faversham in 1879. He died at Bell Green near Sydenham in Kent in 1938 at the age of 91.

Notes and References

  1. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 192–193. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  2. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13583.html Walter George
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29612/29612.html Walter George