George Figg (13 June 1824 – 20 July 1888) was an English cricketer. Figg was a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm roundarm medium. He was born at Horsham, Sussex.
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| Full name | George Figg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1824 Horsham, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 July 1888 (aged 64) Horsham, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm roundarm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1865–1866 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1850 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figg made a single first-class appearance for Middlesex against Surrey at Lord's in 1850.[1] Figg failed to score any runs or take any wickets during the match.[2] Fifteen years later, Figg made a second first-class appearance, this time for Sussex against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. He made nine further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Kent in 1866.[1] In his ten first-class appearances for the county, he took 38 wickets at an average of 18.47, with best figures of 6/42.[3] One of three five wicket hauls he took, his best figures came against Kent in 1865.[4] With the bat, he scored 77 runs at a batting average of 7.00, with a high score of 26 not out.[5]
He died at the town of his birth on 20 July 1888.
References
edit- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by George Figg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Middlesex v Surrey, 1850". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Figg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Kent v Sussex, 1865". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Figg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
External links
edit- George Figg at ESPNcricinfo
- George Figg at CricketArchive