George Elsby (6 June 1902 – 20 June 1953) was an English cricketer. Elsby was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Tunstall, Staffordshire.
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| Full name | George Elsby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1902 Tunstall, Staffordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 June 1953 (aged 51) Ipswich, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927 | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elsby made a single first-class match for Wales against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1927.[1] In this match, he scored 14 runs in Wales first-innings, before being dismissed by Alec Kennedy, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowling for 22 runs. During the course of the match he bowled 11 wicket-less overs.[2]
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Elsby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Wales, 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
External links
edit- George Elsby at ESPNcricinfo
- George Elsby at CricketArchive