Full Name

George Edward Tribe

Born

October 04, 1920, Yarraville, Melbourne, Victoria

Died

April 05, 2009 (aged 88y 183d)

Also Known As

birth registered as George James Tribe

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Wrist spin

Height

5ft 7in

Education

St. Augustine's School, Yarraville

George Tribe had the ability to mix up chinamen with orthodox left-arm spinners, and with his disciplined batting and brilliant fielding at short leg he was a true allrounder. His early career was stifled by WW2 but as soon as normality returned he forced his way into the Victoria side, taking 40 wickets at 19.02 in 1945-47, his first season. He was picked for the first two and last Tests of the 1946-47 Ashes series but failed to make an impression and was discarded. The final Test was his last match in Australia.

In 13 games for Victoria, he took 86 wickets at 19.25 but, frustrated at the lack of opportunities, he moved to England and signed for Milnrow in the Central Lancashire League. In his first season in 1947 he took 136 wickets, followed by a record 148 wickets in 1948 and 150 in 1949. In 1950 he switched to Rawtenstall where he stayed for two seasons. His class was underlined when in 1949-50 he took 99 wickets (more than twice as many as any of his team-mates) at 17.22 on a tour of India with a Commonwealth team.

Tribe was an engineer during the close season and in 1951 he was hired by a Northampton-based firm. In 1952 he joined the county (he played once for them the previous summer) and in the next eight seasons he achieved the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets seven times. He made a massive contribution to the county and was an instrumental figure in its recovery from no-hopers to title contenders.

Tribe was also a good AFL player, making his debut for Footscray Football Club in 1940 and going on to play 66 games before his career ended with his move to England.
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George Tribe Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests3313525*17.5027129.62006000
FC3084548210177136*27.35--748--2420

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3676033022/482/67165.003.47380.0000
FC308-636512832113789/43-20.552.6646.1-9323
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Debut/Last Matches of George Tribe

Recent Matches of George Tribe

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Northants vs Indians15 & 271/11513-Jun-1959NorthamptonFC
Northants vs Surrey22 & 115/7305-Jun-1957NorthamptonFC
C'wealth XI vs England XI50 & 21/6507-Sep-1955TorquayFC
C'wealth XI vs England XI54 & 190/2803-Sep-1955HastingsFC
Northants vs Sth Africans19 & 24*5/81 & 0/1529-Jun-1955NorthamptonFC

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