Reverend George Lillie Wodehouse Fauquier (30 November 1798 – 26 February 1887) was an English first-class cricketer who had a four-match career for Cambridge University between 1819 and 1821.[1]
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| Full name | George Lillie Wodehouse Fauquier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 November 1798 Hampton Court, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 February 1887 (aged 88) West Haddow, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1819-1821 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 24 May 1819 Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 24 May 1821 Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 15 July 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Hampton Court to Thomas Fauquier and Charlotte Townshend, he was one of ten children,[2] and attended Pembroke College, Cambridge.[3][4] He scored the majority of his 29 career runs on 24 May 1819, against Cambridge Town Club,[5] and managed to take four wickets in each of the next two seasons.[6] He went on to become a vicar of West Haddon in Northamptonshire, authoring Readings and Addresses To Be Used With the Order for the Visitation of the Sick in 1869.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Player Profile: George Fauquier". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "Fauquier family of France, England and Canada". Ancestry.com. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fauquier, George [Lillie Wodehouse] (FKR817GW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire. Royal Post Office. 1869.
- ^ "Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University". Cricket Archive. 25 May 1819. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by George Fauquier". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ^ Fauquier, George (1869). Readings and Addresses To Be Used With the Order for the Visitation of the Sick. London: Rivingtons.
External links
edit- George Fauquier at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- George Fauquier at ESPNcricinfo
Bibliography
edit- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862