George Kennedy (cricketer)

George Marius Kennedy (July 1841 – 6 March 1869) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

George Kennedy
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Marius Kennedy
BornJuly 1841
Died6 March 1869(1869-03-06) (aged 27)
Secunderabad, Hyderabad State,
British India
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 53
Batting average 13.25
100s/50s –/–
Top score 28
Balls bowled 193
Wickets 7
Bowling average 18.71
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/70
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 November 2019

The son of John Pitt Kennedy, he was born in July 1841 and was educated at Cheltenham College.[1] Kennedy played first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of the North against the Gentlemen of the South on two occasions in 1861 and 1862.[2] In the 1861 fixture, he took a five wicket haul in the Gentlemen of the South's first-innings, taking figures of 5 for 70.[3] After leaving Cheltenham, he attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He graduated from Woolwich into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant in 1864.[1] While serving in British India, Kennedy was part of a tiger hunting expedition near Secunderabad when he became ill from heat stroke, dying on 6 March 1869.[1]

References
  1. Hunter, Andrew Alexander (1890). Cheltenham College Register, 1841-1889. Bell. p. 397.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by George Kennedy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. "Gentlemen of the South v Gentlemen of the North, 1861". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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