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  Nationality English
  Country England
  Country Abbrev Eng
  Name George Vernon
  Picture Cricket_no_picpng
  Batting Style Right-handed batsman
  Bowling Style underarm slow
  Tests 1
  Test Runs 14
  Test Bat Avg 1400
  Test 100s/50s 0/0
  Test Top Score 11
  Balls/overs balls
  Test Balls 0
  Test Wickets 0
  Test Bowl Avg n/a
  Test 5s 0
  Test 10s 0
  Test Best Bowling n/a
  Test Catches/stumpings 0/0
  FCs 240
  FC Runs 7,070
  FC Bat Avg 1910
  FC 100s/50s 4/28
  FC Top Score 160
  FC Balls 108
  FC Wickets 2
  FC Bowl Avg 3450
  FC 5s 0
  FC 10s 0
  FC Best Bowling 1/11
  FC Catches/stumpings 171/0
  Debut Date 30 December
  Debut Year 1882
  Last Date 2 January
  Last Year 1883


George Frederick Vernon (born 20 June 1856 in Marylebone , London , England ; died 10 August 1902 in Elmina , Gold Coast (now Ghana)) was a Cricket er who played First-class Cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club . He also played one Test Match for England during the first-ever Ashes tour in 1882/3 .

Vernon was the son of George Vernon of 32 Montague Square. He was educated at Rugby School and later went on to play 103 first-class games for Middlesex. He also toured Australia in 1882/3 , where he played in his only Test, and in 1887/8 .

Vernon toured India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1889/90 as the leader of a team of amateurs, of which the other notable player was Lord Hawke . The other players could not really be said to be first-class, but the team was of a quality much higher than that 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 of Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 January 1890 , just after that great cricket stalwart, Lord Harris , had been named as the next Governor of the Bombay 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 in 1892/3 as part of a team led by Lord Hawke that also lost to the Parsis. His last first-class game, which was for the Marylebone Cricket Club came in 1898 .

By profession Vernon was a barrister, who was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple. He died aged 46 of malarial fever in the Gold Coast (now Ghana).


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