George Carver (cricketer)

This article is about the English cricketer, George Carver (cricketer). For the American agricultural scientist and inventor, see George Washington Carver. For the Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist, see George Carver Clerk. For the American professor and author, see George Carver (academic).

George Carver
Personal information
Full name
George James Carver
Born(1879-05-04)4 May 1879
Long Ditton, Surrey, England
Died1 October 1912(1912-10-01) (aged 33)
Bootle, Lancashire, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown-arm fast-medium
RelationsFrederick Mathews (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1907Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 36
Batting average 18.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 36
Balls bowled 108
Wickets 1
Bowling average 42.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/42
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2012

George James Carver (4 May 1879 – 1 October 1912) was an English cricketer. Carver's batting style is unknown, though it is known he was a fast-medium bowler, though which arm he bowled with is also unknown. He was born at Thames Ditton, Surrey.

Carver made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Gloucestershire in the 1907 County Championship at the Ashley Down Ground, Bristol. Surrey won the toss and elected to bat, making 189 all out, with Carver scoring 36 runs before he was dismissed by Francis Roberts. Gloucestershire responded in their first-innings by making 404 all out, with Carver taking a single wicket, that of Percy Mills, to finish with figures of 1/42 from eighteen overs. Surrey were then dismissed for 171 in their second-innings, with Carver being dismissed by Henry Huggins for a duck. Gloucestershire won the match by an innings and 44 runs. This was his only major appearance for Surrey.

He died at Bootle, Lancashire, on 1 October 1912. His brothers-in-law, Frederick Mathews, also played first-class cricket.

References

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Carver". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Gloucestershire v Surrey, 1907 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2012.