George Galloway (cricketer)
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George Gibson Galloway was an English
cricket
er. Galloway's batting style is unknown. He was born at Nottingham
, Nottinghamshire
.
Galloway made his first-class
debut for Nottinghamshire in 1837 against Sussex in 1837. He made two further first-class appearances in that season for Nottinghamshire, against Kent
and Sussex. He also made a single first-class appearance in that season for the Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire against the Players of Nottinghamshire. In his four first-class appearances, Galloway scored 17 runs at an average
of 2.83, with a high score of 11.
He died at the town of his birth on 29 August 1867.
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. Galloway's batting style is unknown. He was born at Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
.
Galloway made his first-class
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...
debut for Nottinghamshire in 1837 against Sussex in 1837. He made two further first-class appearances in that season for Nottinghamshire, against Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
and Sussex. He also made a single first-class appearance in that season for the Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire against the Players of Nottinghamshire. In his four first-class appearances, Galloway scored 17 runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 2.83, with a high score of 11.
He died at the town of his birth on 29 August 1867.
External links
- George Galloway at ESPNcricinfo
- George Galloway at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...