George Vernon
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{{Infobox Historic Cricketer |
flag = Flag of England.svg |
nationality = English |
country = England |
country abbrev = Eng |
name = George Vernon |
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png |
batting style = Right-handed batsman |
bowling style = underarm slow |
tests = 1 |
test runs = 14 |
test bat avg = 14.00 |
test 100s/50s = 0/0 |
test top score = 11* |
balls/overs = balls |
test balls = 0 |
test wickets = 0 |
test bowl avg = n/a |
test 5s = 0 |
test 10s = 0 |
test best bowling = n/a |
test catches/stumpings = 0/0 |
FCs = 240 |
FC runs = 7,070 |
FC bat avg = 19.10 |
FC 100s/50s = 4/28 |
FC top score = 160 |
FC balls = 108 |
FC wickets = 2 |
FC bowl avg = 34.50 |
FC 5s = 0 |
FC 10s = 0 |
FC best bowling = 1/11 |
FC catches/stumpings = 171/0 |
debut date = 30 December |
debut year = 1882 |
last date = 2 January |
last year = 1883 |
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/71/71.html
}}
:''George Vernon may also be [[George Vernon (yachtsman)]].''
'''George Frederick Vernon''' (born [[20 June]] 1856 in [[Marylebone]], [[London]], [[England]]; died [[10 August]] 1902 in [[Elmina]], [[Ghana|Gold Coast]] (now Ghana)) was a [[cricket]]er who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club]]. He also played one [[Test cricket|Test match]] for [[English cricket team|England]] during the first-ever [[the Ashes|Ashes]] tour in [[1882-83 Australian cricket season|1882-83]].
Vernon was the son of George Vernon of 32 Montague Square. He was educated at [[Rugby School]] and later went on to play 103 first-class games for Middlesex. Besides the 1882-83 tour, he also toured [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in [[1887/8 Australian cricket season|1887-88]].
Vernon toured [[Indian cricket team|India]] and [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Ceylon]] (now Sri Lanka) in [[GF Vernon's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1889-90|1889-90]] as the leader of a team of amateurs, of which the other notable player was [[Lord Hawke]]. The other players could not really be said to be first-class, but the team was of a quality much higher than any seen in India at that time. This was the first ever tour by a foreign team to India. They won seven games and drew another before they were due to play the Parsi Gymkhana of [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (now Mumbai) on 30 January [[1890]], just after that great cricket stalwart, [[Lord Harris]], had been named as the next Governor of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. The match was billed as being for the "Cricket Championship of India". At the time it was the greatest sporting event to have happened in Bombay, and to the astonishment of the British rulers, the Parsi side won.
Vernon toured India again in [[Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1892-93|1892-93]] as part of a team led by Lord Hawke that also lost to the Parsis. His last first-class game, which was for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] came in [[1898 English cricket season|1898]].
By profession Vernon was a barrister, who was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. He died aged 46 of malarial fever in the [[Ghana|Gold Coast]] (now Ghana).
==References==
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1350.html Brief profile of G.F.Vernon by Don Ambrose]
* ''A Corner of a Foreign Field, the Indian History of a British Sport'' by Ramachandra Guha ISBN 0-330-49117-2
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/72/72.html CricketArchive page on George Vernon]
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22186.html Cricinfo page on George Vernon]
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