George Campbell (cricketer, born 1847)

George Campbell
Personal information
Full name George Augustus Campbell
Born (1847-07-07)7 July 1847
Tunbridge Wells, Kent,
England
Died 12 September 1930(1930-09-12) (aged 83)
Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
Batting Unknown
Relations Hubert Eaton (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1866 Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 18
Batting average 9.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 10
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 September 2012

George Augustus Campbell (7 July 1847 – 12 September 1930) was an English cricketer. Campbell's batting style is unknown. The son of Colonel Herbert Frederick Campbell of Evenley Hall and his wife, Louisa, he was born at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and was educated at Wellington College, where he first attended in 1860. His family were of Scottish descent and could trace their roots back to the 2nd Earl of Argyll[1]

Campbell made a single first-class appearance for Lancashire against Surrey in 1866 at Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool.[2] Surrey won the toss and elected to field first, with Lancashire being put into bat. In their first-innings, Lancashire made 125 all out, with Campbell being dismissed for 10 runs by Frederick Miller. Surrey then responded in their first-innings by making 116 all out, with Lancashire then making 86 all out in their second-innings, in which Campbell was dismissed for 8 runs by George Griffith. Surrey reached 96/7 in their second-innings to win the match by three wickets.[3] This was his only major appearance for Lancashire.

He married Hon. Alice, the elder daughter of the 8th Viscount Barrington, with the couple having five children.[1] He was also a keen hunter and was for eleven years the Secretary to the Grafton Hounds. Politically he was a Conservative, and was for many years President of the Brackley Conservative Association.[1] In business, he was a partner in a firm of bankers and army agents, Cox and Company, which was formed through connections in his mother's family.[1] His daughter married Hubert Eaton, son of the 8th Viscount Downe, with Eaton himself also playing first-class cricket. He died at Brackley, Northamptonshire, on 12 September 1930. His funeral was well attended, with distinguished mourners such as Archibald Campbell, the then Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, and Oliver Fitzroy, who attended as a representative of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Edward FitzRoy.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ambrose, Don. "Lancashire player number 23 - Campbell, George Augustus". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by George Campbell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lancashire v Surrey, 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
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