George Marten (cricketer, born 1840)
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Full name | George Nisbet Marten | ||||||||||||||
Born | 20 June 1840 Ghazeepoor, , British India | ||||||||||||||
Died | 25 June 1905 Crowborough, Sussex, England | (aged 65)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Relations | George Marten (uncle) | ||||||||||||||
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1864–1869 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 August 2019 |
George Nisbet Marten JP (20 June 1840 – 25 August 1905) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son Thomas Powney Marten, he was born in British India at Ghazeepoor.[1] He was educated in England at Harrow School,[2] before going up to Pembroke College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, Marten was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Hertfordshire Militia in March 1861.[3] A year after graduating from Oxford in 1863, Marten made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Middlesex at Lord's, while in 1865 he appeared for the Gentlemen of England against the . Four years later in 1869, he made two final appearances in first-class cricket for the MCC against Oxford University at Lord's, and Hampshire at Southampton.[4] Marten scored 50 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 26.[5] He was promoted to the rank of captain in the Hertfordshire Militia in March 1866.[6]
By 1872 he had emigrated to Australia, where he lived on the Branscombe Plantation near Mackay, Queensland. He later returned to England with his wife, Annie.[7] He was a justice of the peace, and was by profession a banker.[2] Marten died at Crowborough in June 1905. His uncle, George Marten, was also a first-class cricketer.
References[]
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Stogdon, John Hubert (1925). The Harrow School Register, 1845-1925. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 78.
- ^ "No. 22488". The London Gazette. 12 March 1861. p. 1157.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Marten". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Player profile: George Marten". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "No. 23101". The London Gazette. 13 April 1866. p. 2394.
- ^ "Morning tea on the verandah at Winterbourne". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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- Gentlemen of England cricketers
- English expatriates in Australia
- English justices of the peace
- 19th-century English businesspeople