George Kennedy (cricketer)

George Marius Kennedy (July 1841 – 6 March 1869) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

George Kennedy

Personal information
Full name	George Marius Kennedy
Born	July 1841
Died	6 March 1869 (aged 28) Secunderabad, Hyderabad State, British India
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 53 Batting average 13.25 100s/50s –/– Top score 28 Balls bowled 193 Wickets 7 Bowling average 18.71 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 5/70 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 November 2019

The son of John Pitt Kennedy, he was born in July 1841 and was educated at Cheltenham College.[1] Kennedy played first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South on two occasions in 1861 and 1862.[2] In the 1861 fixture, he took a five wicket haul in the Gentlemen of the South's first-innings, taking figures of 5 for 70.[3] After leaving Cheltenham, he attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He graduated from Woolwich into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant in 1864.[1] While serving in British India, Kennedy was part of a tiger hunting expedition near Secunderabad when he became ill from heat stroke, dying on 6 March 1869.[1]

References

1. Hunter, Andrew Alexander (1890). Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1889. Bell. p. 397.
2. "First-Class Matches played by George Kennedy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
3. "Gentlemen of the South v Gentlemen of the North, 1861". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

External links

• George Kennedy at ESPNcricinfo