George Crothers

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George Crothers
Personal information
Full name
George Marcus Crothers
Born(1909-01-30)30 January 1909
Belfast
Died5 February 1982(1982-02-05) (aged 73)
Lisburn, County Antrim
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches10
Runs scored174
Batting average 9.66
100s/50s0/0
Top score41
Catches/stumpings 6/3
Source: CricketArchive, 6 December 2022

George Marcus Crothers (30 January 1909 – 5 February 1982) [1] was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, [1] he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Scotland in June 1931 and went on to play for them on 19 occasions, his last match coming in June 1948 against Yorkshire. [2] Ten of his matches for Ireland had first-class status. [3] Crothers captained Ireland once.

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References

  1. 1 2 Cricket Archive profile
  2. "CricketEurope Stats Zone profile". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2007.
  3. First-class matches played by George Crothers at Cricket Archive