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| Full name | Walter George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1847 Selling, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 November 1938 (aged 91) Sydenham, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1875 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 31 May 1875 Kent v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 4 August 1875 Kent v Gentlemen of MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,17 July 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Marylebone Cricket Club (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]