deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
288 19 august 1938 1 41/4 henry longman -lrb- son -rrb- 1872 1885 1877 -- 1878 & 1881 2010 -- 1875 1875 -- 1877 & 1881 -- 3 august 1852 -- england wimbledon common , surrey , england cambridge university hampshire marylebone cricket club -- right-handed george longman george henry longman farnborough , hampshire , england fc occasional wicketkeeper http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16343.html cricinfo 1852 8 3 yes 2,448 3 -- / 11 68 george longman

george longman

george henry longman -lrb- 3 august 1852 -- 19 august 1938 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
longman was a right-handed batsman who played occasionally as a wicketkeeper .
longman was educated at eton college , where he represented the college cricket team .
longman captained the college in 1871 .
longman was later educated at trinity college , cambridge , where he represented the university cricket team .
longman made his first-class debut for cambridge university in 1872 against the marylebone cricket club .
longman represented the university in 27 first-class matches from 1872 to 1875 , with his final match for the university coming against oxford university at lord 's .
in his 27 matches for the university longman scored 1,019 runs at a batting average of 22.15 , with four half centuries and a high score of 80 against oxford university in 1872 .
in the field he took 11 catches and while keeping wicket he made a single stumping .
in 1875 longman made his debut for hampshire against sussex .
longman represented hampshire in 27 first-class matches , with his final first-class match coming against sussex in 1885 , the year that hampshire lost their first-class status until the 1895 county championship .
in his 27 appearances for hampshire , longman scored 856 runs at an average of 17.46 , with four half centuries and a high score of 78 against surrey in 1884 .
in the field he took 20 catches and made 3 stumpings .
in 1877 longman made his debut for the marylebone cricket club against cambridge university .
longman played four match for the club , with his final appearance coming in 1881 against cambridge university .
in his four matches for the club longman scored 135 runs at an average of 19.28 , with a single half century score of 58 against oxford university in 1878 .
as well as representing the above teams in first-class cricket , longman also represented the gentlemen of england against cambridge university in 1876 .
it was during this match that longman made his highest first-class score of 98 .
he also played for the gentlemen in seven gentlemen v players fixtures .
in addition longman played one match each for the gentlemen of the south and the south of england .
in longman 's overall first-class career he scored 2,448 runs at an average of 20.57 , with 11 half centuries and a high score of 98 .
with the ball he took three wickets at a bowling average of 60.00 .
in the field longman took 41 catches and made 4 stumpings .
after his retirement from first-class cricket , longman was the master of surrey union foxhounds .
later he served as the president of surrey county cricket club from 1926 to 1928 and later as honorary treasurer from 1929 until his death .
longman was also a member of longmans , green & co. .
longman died at wimbledon common , surrey , on 19 august 1938 .
