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 Lauwe.
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.[2] He is buried at the Harlebeke New British Cemetery in Belgium.[3]
His brother, James, played a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1912.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "George Whitehead player profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 5 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Last resting place of George Whitehead". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ "James Whitehead". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
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