George James Carver (4 May 1879 – 1 October 1912) was an English cricketer. Carver's batting style is unknown, though it is known he was a fast-medium bowler, though which arm he bowled with is also unknown. He was born at Thames Ditton, Surrey.
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| Full name | George James Carver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1879 Long Ditton, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 October 1912 (aged 33) Bootle, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frederick Mathews (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1907 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carver made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Gloucestershire in the 1907 County Championship at the Ashley Down Ground, Bristol.[1] Surrey won the toss and elected to bat, making 189 all out, with Carver scoring 36 runs before he was dismissed by Francis Roberts. Gloucestershire responded in their first-innings by making 404 all out, with Carver taking a single wicket, that of Percy Mills, to finish with figures of 1/42 from eighteen overs. Surrey were then dismissed for 171 in their second-innings, with Carver being dismissed by Henry Huggins for a duck. Gloucestershire won the match by an innings and 44 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Surrey.
He died at Bootle, Lancashire, on 1 October 1912. His brothers-in-law, Frederick Mathews, also played first-class cricket.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Carver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "Gloucestershire v Surrey, 1907 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
External links
edit- George Carver at ESPNcricinfo
- George Carver at CricketArchive