lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling debutagainst tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
oxford university 6,288 14 november 1955 14 may 1890 1 17 / -- 1890 -- 1893 2012 29 january 1870 left-arm medium australians 1 england banbury , oxfordshire , england oxford university 9 right-handed george berkeley george fitz-hardinge berkeley oxford university dublin , ireland first-class 19 may http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/27/27855/27855.html cricketarchive first-class 1906 324 1870 01 29 yes 131 h. d. g. leveson gower 's xi 0/0 32 george berkeley -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george berkeley -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

george fitz-hardinge berkeley -lrb- 29 january 1870 -- 14 november 1955 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played first-class cricket for oxford university in the 1890s .
he also played minor counties cricket for oxfordshire between 1904 and 1906 .
a left-arm medium pace bowler , he took 131 wickets in 32 first-class appearances at an average of 20.75 .
he best bowling performance occurred on his debut , when he took eight wickets for oxford university in the first innings against the touring australians .
berkeley was awarded his blue , appearing against cambridge in the university match , in each of his four years at oxford .
he was oxford leading wicket-taker during his first three years at the university , but in the third , he was unable to play in all the matches , but maintained a strong bowling average .
he served in the worcestershire regiment from 1898 to 1901 and in the first world war he was a brigade musketry officer with the 3rd cavalry reserve and a member of the claims commission in france and italy .
he was married twice and died at his home , hanwell castle , near banbury , oxfordshire .
