George E. Hunt

George Edward Hunt (30 September 1896 22 January 1959) was an English cricketer who played over 200 matches for Somerset County Cricket Club as a bowling all-rounder.[1] He scored nearly 5,000 first-class runs including one century and fifteen half-centuries, and took 386 wickets at a bowling average of 32.87 through a ten-year career from 1921 to 1931.

George Hunt
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Edward Hunt
Born(1896-01-22)22 January 1896
Pill, Somerset, England
Died22 January 1959(1959-01-22) (aged 63)
Bristol, Somerset, England
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowling all-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19211931Somerset
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 233
Runs scored 4952
Batting average 15.42
100s/50s 1/18
Top score 101
Balls bowled 30576
Wickets 386
Bowling average 32.87
5 wickets in innings 11
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/61
Catches/stumpings 197/0
Source: CricInfo, 1 January 2009

Hunt was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler often used as first-change. He was also a regular close-to-the-wicket fielder.

References

  1. "George Hunt". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
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