George Marcus Crothers was an Irish cricket

Cricket

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er. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Scotland in June 1931 and went onto play for them on 19 occasions, his last match coming in June 1948 against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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. Ten of his matches for Ireland had first-class

First-class cricket

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status. Crothers captained Ireland once.