George Cawthray was a first class cricketer who played 4 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in a first class career which spanned 13 years. He appeared against Warwickshire and Essex in 1939 then reappeared against Glamorgan and Derbyshire in 1952. Born on September 28, 1913 in Selby, Yorkshire he died on January 5, 2001 at the age of 87. A right-handed batsman, he scored 114 runs at 19 with a best of 30 against Glamorgan.

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  • George Cawthray was a first class cricketer who played 4 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in a first class career which spanned 13 years. He appeared against Warwickshire and Essex in 1939 then reappeared against Glamorgan and Derbyshire in 1952. Born on September 28, 1913 in Selby, Yorkshire he died on January 5, 2001 at the age of 87. A right-handed batsman, he scored 114 runs at 19 with a best of 30 against Glamorgan. He took 4 wickets with his right arm medium pace at 76, 3 of these coming in his last match against Derbyshire. He played for Yorkshire Second XI in 1938 and 1939. He played for bBrayton School from 1924 to 1927, once taking five wickets in five balls, and represented Selby Schools in the Yorkshire Shield . He played for Brayton village side from 1928, along with Cawood and Selby Londesborough before joining HullC.C. where from 1938 to 1959, he scored 8,384 runs at 29-30 and took 872 wickets at 12.91 . In 1946 he was appointed groundsman/ professional at Hull and took a similar post at Headingley in 1964. He was stated to have scored30,000 runs and taken 3,000 wickets during a long successful career which as interrupted by the war, during which he was a glider pilot. Retired as groundsman at Headingley in 1978.
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  • George Cawthray was a first class cricketer who played 4 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in a first class career which spanned 13 years. He appeared against Warwickshire and Essex in 1939 then reappeared against Glamorgan and Derbyshire in 1952. Born on September 28, 1913 in Selby, Yorkshire he died on January 5, 2001 at the age of 87. A right-handed batsman, he scored 114 runs at 19 with a best of 30 against Glamorgan.
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  • George Cawthray
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