Full name George Thackeray Role Cricket Player Name George Thackeray | 1826 Cambridge University Batting style unknown hand Parents Thomas Thackeray | |
Born 22 July 1806 Bath, Somerset Bowling style underarm: unknown hand and type Died October 9, 1875, Hemingby, United Kingdom | ||
George Thackeray (born 22 July 1806 at Bath, Somerset; died 9 October 1875 at Hemingby, Lincolnshire) was an English cricketer with amateur status.
Thackeray was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He is recorded as playing in one first-class match for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1826, totalling 5 runs with a highest score of 5 and holding no catches. He graduated BA in 1830, having already become a fellow of the college in 1829. He continued as a fellow until 1841, during which he was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1833. He was rector of Hemingby, Lincolnshire, 1840–75.
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