George Milne (cricketer)

George Milne
Personal information
Full name George Taylor Milne
Born (1877-01-18)18 January 1877
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Died 3 November 1968(1968-11-03) (aged 91)
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912 Minor Counties
19011928 Northumberland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 9
Batting average
100s/50s /
Top score 9*
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings /
Source: Cricinfo, 29 April 2012

George Taylor Milne (18 January 1877 3 November 1968) was an English cricketer. Milne was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Taylor made his debut in county cricket for Northumberland in the 1901 Minor Counties Championship against the Yorkshire Second XI. Between 1904 and the start of World War I in 1914, Milne made 81 appearances for Northumberland in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] In 1912, he was selected to play in a combined Minor Counties cricket team for its inaugural appearance in first-class cricket against the touring South Africans at the County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1912.[2] In what was Milne's only first-class appearance, he batted once in the match, scoring an unbeaten 9 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings as a lower-order batsman.[3] Following World War I, he made 65 further appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for Northumberland, with his final appearance coming against Durham in 1928.[1]

He died at the city of his birth on 3 November 1968.

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by George Taylor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by George Milne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. "Minor Counties v South Africans, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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