George Taylor Milne (18 January 1877 – 3 November 1968) was an English cricketer. Milne was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
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| Full name | George Taylor Milne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1877 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 November 1968 (aged 91) Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1912 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1901–1928 | Northumberland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 29 April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taylor made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland in the 1901 Minor Counties Championship against the Yorkshire Second XI. Between 1904 and the start of World War I in 1914, Milne made 81 appearances for Northumberland in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] In 1912, he was selected to play in a combined Minor Counties cricket team for its inaugural appearance in first-class cricket against the touring South Africans at the County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1912.[2] In what was Milne's only first-class appearance, he batted once in the match, scoring an unbeaten 9 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings as a lower-order batsman.[3] Following World War I, he made 65 further appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for Northumberland, with his final appearance coming against Durham in 1928.[1]
He died at the city of his birth on 3 November 1968.
References edit
- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by George Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Milne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ "Minor Counties v South Africans, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
External links edit
- George Milne at ESPNcricinfo
- George Milne at CricketArchive