lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling debutagainst tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting image name caption fullname debutfor birth_place height column debutdate source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
essex balls 7245 15 july 1908 17 august 1881 1 26 / - / 1881 -- 1896 3 december 1861 right-arm fast medium lancashire 1 england spondon , england derbyshire 8 right-handed batsman george porter cricketer.jpg george porter george porter george porter derbyshire kilburn , derbyshire , england 6 ' 2 '' -lrb- 188 cm -rrb- first-class 27 june http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/32/32125/32125.html first-class 1896 386 1861 12 3 yes 130 derbyshire - / 2 / 37 george porter -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george porter -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george porter -lrb- 3 december 1861 -- 15 july 1908 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played first class cricket for derbyshire between 1881 and 1896 .
porter was born at kilburn , derbyshire , the son of john porter a brickyard worker , and his wife sarah brentnall and was apprenticed to his uncle as a chimney sweep .
he spent his winters as a sweep , but being a capable cricketer spent the summers as a professional cricketer .
his first recorded cricket match was with the northwood club , west cowes , isle of wight in 1880 .
in 1881 porter was living at chapel street , spondon , derbyshire and was with the south derbyshire club .
also in the 1881 season he played one match for derbyshire against lancashire in which he took a wicket in the first innings , but did not play for the club again until the 1888 season .
in the interim he played for birkenhead park in 1882 , for wigan in 1883 and 1884 , for lowerhouse in 1885 , for grimsby in 1886 and for longsight , manchester from 1887 to 1889 .
in 1888 he played three games for derbyshire who were by then outside the county championship , and one game in the 1889 season .
from the 1890 season he played regularly for derbyshire and from 1890 to 1892 for broughton , salford .
in the 1894 season , derbyshire matches again qualified as first class , and porter took 5 -- 14 against leicestershire .
in the 1895 season the club competed in the county championship and porter had six 5 wicket innings .
against hampshire he achieved 7 -- 52 in the first innings and 7 -- 49 in the second inning in an innings victory .
he took 5 -- 67 against leicestershire , 5 -- 80 against essex , 5 -- 55 against lancashire and 5 -- 67 against surrey .
he also achieved a top score of 93 against nottinghamshire after being moved up the batting order in a follow-on for a drawn match .
derbyshire ended the season fifth in the points table .
in the 1896 season porter took 5 -- 50 against mcc , but during the season he had to undergo surgery after straining himself , bringing his first-class career to an end .
porter was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and took 130 first class wickets at an average of 21.50 and a best performance of 7 for 49 .
he was a right-hand batsman and played 56 innings in 37 first class matches with a top score of 93 and an average of 9.41 .
porter played for lowerhouse again in 1897 .
he was then an umpire in first-class matches between 1899 and 1903 .
porter died at spondon , derbyshire at the age of 45 .
porter married elizabeth ann mayne who was born at west cowes , isle of wight in 1880 .
