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Full name
  
George Green

1903–1907
  
Derbyshire

Name
  
George Green


Born
  
13 April 1880 (
1880-04-13
)
Hasland, Derbyshire, England

Died
  
25 November 1940(1940-11-25) (aged 60) Clay Cross, England

Bowling style
  
Left arm medium pace bowler

First-class debut
  
20 August 1903 Derbyshire v London County

Last First-class
  
25 July 1907 Derbyshire v Yorkshire

George Green (13 April 1880 – 25 November 1940) was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1903 and 1907.

Green was born at Hasland, Derbyshire, the son of William Green a general labourer and his wife Mary Ann. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1903 season against London County in August, when he scored a duck in his only innings and bowled four overs without a wicket. He played two matches in the 1904 season when he bowled 2 for 40 against Nottinghamshire and made his top score of 20 against Surrey. In the 1906 season he played one game against MCC, when he took 2 for 31. He played two final matches in the 1907 season in which he made low scores and took no wickets.

Green played eleven innings in six first class matches with an average of 3.54 and a top score of 20. He was a left-arm medium pace bowler and took 6 first-class wickets at an average of 39.33 and a best performance of 2 for 31.

Green died at Clay Cross, Derbyshire at the age of 60,

References

George Green (cricketer) Wikipedia