George Freeman (cricketer)
George Freeman
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27 July 1843 Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England |
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| Died | 18 November 1895 (aged 52) Sowerby Grange, near Thirsk |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Round-arm right arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Freeman (27 July 1843 – 18 November 1895) was an English first-class cricketer. He made thirty-two appearance for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1865 to 1880. He also played four matches of first-class cricket for the "United England Eleven" (1866–1869), three games for the "North of England" (1867–1869), four for the "United North of England Eleven" (1870) plus one for the "Players" (1871).
Born in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England, Freeman was a right hand, round arm, fast bowler, who began his career as a sixteen-year-old in Boroughbridge, where for Ten Boys of Boroughbridge against Ten Boys of Sessay he took fifteen wickets for 38 runs. Three years later, still in his teens, Freeman accepted an engagement with Leeds Clarendon Club, but was not taken up by the newly formed Yorkshire county club until 1865 under recommendation of George Parr. Freeman emerged after a few matches in 1865 and 1866 to jump straight to the top of the tree in 1867. He had tremendous “cut” from leg as well as pace, which was said by those who played against him to reflect a classic round-arm delivery and powerful twist extending as far up as his elbow. On the rough, even stony pitches that prevailed before the advent of the heavy roller George Freeman was a terror to even the best batsmen, with frequent shooters often being impossible for any batsman to stop. Between 1867 and 1871 Freeman took 269 wickets in a mere thirty-seven first-class matches for a phenomenal average of 8.94 runs per wicket. In these five seasons he conceded only 26.8 runs for every 100 balls he bowled and took one wicket every 33 balls he bowled.
Freeman’s best analysis of 8 for 11 came against Lancashire in a Roses Match of 1868; however, his best match bowling record was thirteen wickets for 60 runs against Surrey in 1869 at Sheffield. In both these games Freeman and fellow fast bowler Tom Emmett bowled unchanged throughout both innings. Amongst other notable bowling spells are 6 for 44 against an “All England Eleven’, 5 for 36 against Cambridgeshire, 5 for 14 against Kent, 6 for 26 against the MCC, 7 for 29 against Middlesex, 7 for 30 against Nottinghamshire, 13 for 68 in a match against Richard Daft's XI, 7 for 45 against the “South of England”, plus 8 for 29 against Surrey.
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