George Dallas (cricketer)

George Frederick Dallas (1827 – 2 February 1888) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Robert William Dallas, he was born at Liverpool and was educated at Harrow School.[1] He purchased a commission in 1845 as an ensign in the 46th Regiment of Foot, before being promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1848.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against Cambridge University at Canterbury in 1848. He made two further first-class appearances, playing for Lancashire against Yorkshire in 1849, and for Yorkshire against an All England Eleven in 1850.[3]

Dallas served in the Crimean War from 1853–56, seeing action at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol.[1] During the course of the war he purchased the rank of captain in September 1854,[4] as well as serving as the aide-de-camp to General Garrett. He wrote an eyewitness account of the war, consisting of 127 letters.[5] He was made a member of the Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class, by the Ottoman Empire in March 1858.[6] He later purchased the rank of major in October 1862,[7] before being promoted to the rank of lieutenant in January 1868.[8] He retired from active service in March 1875.[9] Dallas died at Huddersfield in February 1888.