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| Born | (1856-06-20)20 June 1856 Marylebone, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 1902(1902-08-10) (aged 46) Elmina,Gold Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 43) | 30 December 1882 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Frederick Vernon (20 June 1856 – 10 August 1902) was an Englishcricketer who playedfirst-class cricket forMiddlesex County Cricket Club. He also played oneTest match forEngland during the first-everAshes tour in1882-83.[1]
Vernon was the son of George Vernon of 32Montagu Square. He was educated atRugby School, and first appeared atLord's as a member of the Rugby eleven in 1873, and was captain in 1874. He later went on to play 103 first-class games for Middlesex. Besides the 1882–83 tour, he also touredAustralia in1887–88.
Vernon touredIndia andCeylon (now Sri Lanka) in1889-90 as the leader of a team of amateurs, of which the other notable player wasLord Hawke. The other players could not really be said to be first-class, but the team was of a quality much higher than any seen in India at that time. This was the first ever tour by a foreign team to India. They won seven games and drew another before they were due to play the Parsi Gymkhana ofBombay (now Mumbai) on 30 January 1890, just after that great cricket stalwart,Lord Harris, had been named as the next Governor of theBombay Presidency. The match was billed as being for the "Cricket Championship of India". At the time it was the greatest sporting event to have happened in Bombay, and to the astonishment of the British rulers, the Parsi side won.
Vernon toured India again in1892-93 as part of a team led by Lord Hawke that also lost to the Parsis. His last first-class game, which was for theMarylebone Cricket Club came in1898.
He represented theEngland national rugby union team as a forward on five occasions.
By profession Vernon was a barrister, who was called to the Bar at theMiddle Temple. He was engaged in the colonial service, and worked for the West Africa Police in theGold Coast Colony at the time of his death.[2]
Vernon died aged 46 of malaria fever in theGold Coast (now Ghana).[3]
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