George Martin (cricketer, born 1833)
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George Martin was an English
cricket
er who played for the Kent County Cricket Club
. He was born in Penshurst
and died in Leigh
.
Martin made his cricketing debut for the All England XI in 1852 at the age of just 18, alongside such future teammates as George Parr
. It would be four more seasons until Martin's first-class debut, in August 1856, against Surrey
.
Martin would play regularly in 1858 and 1860, though his average remained low, scoring just 63 runs in 7 innings.
1861 saw just a single first-class game for Martin, and although he made his first-class best score of 24 against Cambridgeshire, and took two catches, this was not enough to save his team from defeat.
The following season, 1862, saw four first-class games, and while the early part of the season was spent in the lower order, Martin was moved up to the upper order, with mixed results.
Martin's final season with the team was 1863, in which he played a single game.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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 the Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
. He was born in Penshurst
Penshurst
Penshurst is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, west of Tonbridge. Within the parish boundaries are the two villages of Penshurst and Fordcombe, with a combined population of some 1,479 persons. The...
and died in Leigh
Leigh, Kent
Leigh , historically spelled Lyghe, is a village and a civil parish located in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It is located six miles south of Sevenoaks town and three miles west of Tonbridge....
.
Martin made his cricketing debut for the All England XI in 1852 at the age of just 18, alongside such future teammates as George Parr
George Parr (cricketer)
George Parr was an English cricketer, whose first-class career lasted from 1844 to 1870....
. It would be four more seasons until Martin's first-class debut, in August 1856, against Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
.
Martin would play regularly in 1858 and 1860, though his average remained low, scoring just 63 runs in 7 innings.
1861 saw just a single first-class game for Martin, and although he made his first-class best score of 24 against Cambridgeshire, and took two catches, this was not enough to save his team from defeat.
The following season, 1862, saw four first-class games, and while the early part of the season was spent in the lower order, Martin was moved up to the upper order, with mixed results.
Martin's final season with the team was 1863, in which he played a single game.
External links
- George Martin at Cricket Archive