George Liddell (cricketer)

George Augustus Frederick Liddell (28 July 1812 – 14 December 1888) was an English cricketer. Liddell was the son of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. Educated at Eton College, Liddell later married Cecil Wellesley, daughter of .

Liddell made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Cambridge Town Club in 1840. From 1840 to 1851, he played 18 first-class matches for the club; he scored 311 runs at a batting average of 11.10, with a single half century score of 52.

Liddell also represented Hampshire in a single first-class match in 1844, against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In addition to playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Hampshire, he also played first-class cricket for the Slow Bowlers (suggesting Liddell himself was a slow bowler), N Felix's XI, the Gentlemen of England and for England against Surrey in 1849.

In his overall first-class career he scored 386 runs at a batting average of 9.41, with a single half century score of 52. In the field he took 6 catches.

Liddell was also a watercolor artist.^[1]

Liddell died on 14 December 1888 at Eton, Berkshire.

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• George Liddell at Cricinfo
• George Liddell at CricketArchive
• Matches and detailed statistics for George Liddell