George Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer)
- George Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer)
George Arthur Wilson (February 2, 1916 - September 27, 2002) was a first class cricketer who played 15 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1936 and 1939 as an amateur. He scored 352 runs at 17.60 and, bowling slow left-arm, took one wicket for 138. His highest score of 55 not out came against Northamptonshire CCC at Scarborough in 1938, when he added an unbroken 84 for the sixth wicket with his captain Brian Sellars. Wilson played his early cricket with Whitkirk and subsequently graduated to the Bradford League with Saltaire and Windhill. He was a businessman in Leeds before retiring to Oxford. He was born on February 2, 1916 in Whitkirk, Leeds and died on September 27, 2002 in Oxford.
References
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23065.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33945/33945.html Cricket Archive Statistics]
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