Walter George (cricketer)

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

Walter George
Personal information
Full name
Walter George
Born(1847-09-20)20 September 1847
Selling, Kent
Died2 November 1938(1938-11-02) (aged 91)
Sydenham, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1875Kent
FC debut31 May 1875 Kent v Sussex
Last FC4 August 1875 Kent v Gentlemen of MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 4
Batting average 1.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 2*
Balls bowled 657
Wickets 22
Bowling average 14.31
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 7/86
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 July 2017

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.[2]

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. Walter George, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. Walter George, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-07-17. (subscription required)

Walter George at ESPNcricinfo

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