George Hughes (cricketer)

George Edward Hughes (18 September 1821 – 2 May 1872) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

George Hughes

Personal information
Full name	George Edward Hughes
Born	18 September 1821 Uffington, Berkshire, England
Died	2 May 1872(1872-05-02) (aged 50) Hoylake, Cheshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Relations	Thomas Hughes (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1845	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 12 Batting average 6.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 12 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 May 2020

The son of the author John Hughes, he was born in September 1821 at Uffington, Berkshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[1] before going up to Oriel College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Cambridge University at Lord's in The University Match of 1845.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 12 runs in the Oxford first innings by Stephen Rippingall, while in their second innings he was dismissed by the same bowler without scoring.[4]

A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in 1848 and completed his Doctor of Canon Law in 1850,[2] with Hughes practicing as a barrister in the ecclesiastical courts.[5] His brother, Thomas Hughes, wrote the book Tom Brown's School Days in 1857, and likely based the main character Tom Brown on Hughes during his time at Rugby and later Oxford in the sequel novel Tom Brown at Oxford,[6] though the clergyman Augustus Orlebar could also have been the basis for the character.[7] He married Anne Salusbury Steward in 1872, with the couple having four children.[8] Hughes died at Hoylake in May 1872 from inflammation of the lungs.[9]

References

1. Rugby School Register, from 1675 to 1874. A. J. Lawrence. 1886. p. 184.
2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 706.
3. "First-Class Matches played by George Hughes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
4. "Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1845". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
5. The Solicitors' Journal. 148. 1984. p. 184.
6. "Characters in Tom Brown's School Days". The Spectator. 20 December 1913. p. 20. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
7. "Real Tom Brown Dies Hero of Rugby Fight; Mr. Orlebar's Death Recalls the Famous Bout in "Tom Brown's Schooldays."". The New York Times. 1 October 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
8. "Profile: George Edward Hughes". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
9. Deaths. London Evening Standard. 9 May 1872. p. 6

External links

• George Hughes at ESPNcricinfo