George Coulthard

George Coulthard
Coulthard wearing a Carlton Football Club guernsey and cap
Born	George Coulthard (1856-08-01)1 August 1856 Boroondara, Victoria, Australia
Died	22 October 1883(1883-10-22) (aged 27) Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Cause of death	Tuberculosis
Resting place	Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Cricketer, Australian rules footballer, tobacconist
Spouse(s)	Letitia Jackson
Children	Letitia Coulthard Mary Ellen Coulthard
Parent(s)	Thomas Coulthard Elizabeth Fleming

George Coulthard
Coulthard running with the ball against Geelong at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, 17 July 1880
Personal information
Original team(s)	Carlton Imperial
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1876–1882	Carlton
Career highlights
VFA Premiership: 1877 3x VFA leading goal-kicker: 1878, 1879, 1880 Australian Football Hall of Fame

George Coulthard

Australia v. England on the MCG, 1879, in the third-ever Test match, umpired by Coulthard
Cricket information
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1880/81–1881/82	Victoria
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	2 (1879–1882)
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 6 Runs scored 6 92 Batting average – 11.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 6* 31 Balls bowled 0 332 Wickets 0 5 Bowling average – 25.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling – 3/29 Catches/stumpings 0/0 3/0
Source: Cricinfo

George Coulthard (1 August 1856 – 22 October 1883) was an Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer.

Born and raised on a farm outside Melbourne, Victoria, Coulthard led the Carlton Football Club to premiership success in the fledgling Victorian Football Association (VFA), and was, in the opinion of many of his contemporaries, the most skilled player yet seen in the Australian game. However, in a first for the VFA, Coulthard received a season-long suspension in 1882 for brawling during a match, effectively ending his football career. Recognised as the game's "first bona fide superstar", he was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

As a cricketer, he played for the Melbourne Cricket Club, represented Victoria in five first-class intercolonial matches, and made one Test appearance for Australia, against England in 1882. He also umpired some of the earliest Tests, and is perhaps best known in cricket for instigating the Sydney Riot of 1879 when he controversially ruled batsman Billy Murdoch of New South Wales run out during a match against Lord Harris' English team. Coulthard was co-officiating the game with Edmund Barton, later the first Prime Minister of Australia.