George Anderson (cricketer)
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George Anderson was an English
cricket
er, who played first-class cricket
for Sheffield Cricket Club (aka Yorkshire from 1850 to 1862); and then for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
from its inception in 1863 until 1869.
Born in Aiskew
, Bedale
, Yorkshire
, Anderson was a right-handed batsman. He played in ninety-nine first-class games, mainly for Yorkshire teams. He scored 2,535 runs at an average of 16.35, with a highest score of 99 not out.
He died at Aiskew in November 1902.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er, who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Sheffield Cricket Club (aka Yorkshire from 1850 to 1862); and then for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
from its inception in 1863 until 1869.
Born in Aiskew
Aiskew
Aiskew is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated to the immediate north-east of Bedale. It was known as Echescol in the Domesday Book...
, Bedale
Bedale
Bedale is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of Leeds, southwest of Middlesbrough, and south west of the county town of Northallerton...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, Anderson was a right-handed batsman. He played in ninety-nine first-class games, mainly for Yorkshire teams. He scored 2,535 runs at an average of 16.35, with a highest score of 99 not out.
He died at Aiskew in November 1902.
Further reading
- Arthur HaygarthArthur HaygarthArthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....
, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 3-9 (1841-1866), Lillywhite, 1862-1867