George Prior Beslee (27 March 1904 – 3 November 1975) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 1925 and 1930. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Beslee played 63 first-class cricket matches for Kent.
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| Full name | George Prior Beslee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1904 Cliffe, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 November 1975 (aged 71) Tonbridge, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925–1930 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 26 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life edit
Beslee was born in March 1904 in Cliffe, a village on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent.[1]
Cricket career edit
Beslee made his debut for Kent Second XI in July 1924 against Sussex Second XI. He played for Kent in the Minor Counties Championship through August 1924.
Beslee was called up to the Kent First XI during the 1925 County Championship and made his first-class cricket debut against Middlesex in June.[2] He played in three more County Championship matches that season,[3] and continued to play for the second team.
In 1926 he again appeared only sporadically for the First XI and took only 11 wickets in the season before taking 32 wickets at a bowling average of 29.65 in 1927 and 21 wickets in 1928.[3] The 1929 season was Beslee's most successful in county cricket. He took 51 wickets, including his career-best 4/27, at an average of 26.35 which was also his best for a season.[3] He played his final first-class match for Kent in July 1930 against Surrey at The Oval.[2][4]
Later life edit
Beslee died in Tonbridge in Kent in 1975 at the age of 71.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b George Beslee, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
- ^ a b First-class matches played by George Beslee, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ a b c Bowling by season by George Beslee, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, pp. 18–19. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.)