Full Name

George Arthur Wilson

Born

February 02, 1916, Whitkirk, Leeds, Yorkshire

Died

September 27, 2002, Oxford, (aged 86y 237d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Wisden Obituary
Wilson, George Arthur, died in Oxford on September 27, 2002, aged 86. His highest score of 55 not out in 15 pre-war appearances as an amateur for Yorkshire came against Northamptonshire at Scarborough in 1938. By the time he and Brian Sellers had added an unbroken 84 for the sixth wicket, Northants looked well and truly beaten. Altogether Wilson scored 352 runs at 17.60 and, bowling slow left-arm, took one wicket.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

George Arthur Wilson, who died in Oxford on September 27 aged 86, was a right-handed batsman and useful left-arm spinner from Harehills, Leeds, who made 15 appearances for Yorkshire as an amateur between 1936 and 1939. He scored 352 runs at an average of 17.60 with a top score of 55 not out, when he and his skipper Brian Sellers added 84 in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand against Northamptonshire at Peterborough. He received almost no opportunities with his bowling and took only one wicket. Wilson played his early cricket with Whitkirk and subsequently graduated to the Bradford League with Saltaire and Wmdhill. He was a Leeds businessman before retiring to Oxford.
Darren Senior, The Cricketer

George Wilson Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC1525535255*17.600270

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC1523413811/5138.003.53234.000

Recent Matches of George Wilson

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Yorkshire vs West Indians0--05-Jul-1939HarrogateFC
Yorkshire vs Derbyshire0 & 21--24-Jun-1939SheffieldFC
Yorkshire vs Notts0 & 34*0/620-Aug-1938NottinghamFC
Yorkshire vs Surrey5 & 80/623-Jul-1938The OvalFC
Yorkshire vs Hampshire50 & 8*--20-Jul-1938BournemouthFC

Debut/Last Matches of George Wilson

FC Matches

Span
1936 - 1939