George Whitehead (cricketer)

George William Edendale Whitehead (27 August 1895—17 October 1918) was an English cricketer. He was educated at Clifton College. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. He was born in Bromley and died in Lanwe.

Whitehead made two first-class appearances during August 1914 as part of a trial with Kent County Cricket Club, first as an upper-order batsman, and then in the middle-order.[1] He managed to score a total of 12 runs over the course of his four innings for the club.[1]

Having joined the Royal Field Artillery and attaining the rank of Lieutenant, Whitehead was killed towards the end of the First World War at the age of 23.[1] He is buried at the Harlebeke New British Cemetery in Belgium.[2]

His brother, James, played a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1912.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "George Whitehead player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Last resting place of George Whitehead". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "James Whitehead". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2009.

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