George Earl (cricketer)
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George Burrill Earl was an English
cricket
er who played for Derbyshire
in 1883 and 1888.
Earl was born in Melbourne, Derbyshire
and worked as a "boot clicker" - that is working a machine to make lace holes in boot uppers.
Earl played in one first-class match during the 1883 season
, though in the one innings he played, he was caught out quickly and put lower down the order. He played two further matches for the club in the 1888 season
, when the club's matches were not accorded first class status. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Earl died at Melbourne at the age of 77.
England
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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 for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 1883 and 1888.
Earl was born in Melbourne, Derbyshire
Melbourne, Derbyshire
Melbourne is a Georgian market town in South Derbyshire, England. It is about 8 miles south of Derby and 2 miles from the River Trent. In 1837 a then tiny settlement in Australia was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, and thus indirectly takes...
and worked as a "boot clicker" - that is working a machine to make lace holes in boot uppers.
Earl played in one first-class match during the 1883 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1883
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1883 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twelve years. They won two first class matches out of ten.-1883 season:...
, though in the one innings he played, he was caught out quickly and put lower down the order. He played two further matches for the club in the 1888 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1888
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1888 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventeen years and it was the first season they lost first class status.-1888 season:...
, when the club's matches were not accorded first class status. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Earl died at Melbourne at the age of 77.