testdebutagainst deliveries death_date columns testcap catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting image name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international role testdebutdate lasttestagainst source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
south africa 0 68 5 january 1966 2 219 45/15 755/343 1923 & ndash ; 1938 1924 9 may 1901 occasional right arm medium & ndash ; & ndash ; england warrington , lancashire , england lancashire & ndash ; & ndash ; right-handed george duckworth cigarette card.jpg george duckworth 1936 george duckworth warrington , lancashire , england tests first-class true wicket-keeper 26 july india http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/440/440.html cricketarchive 1901 5 9 yes 234 4,947 1924 & ndash ; 0 18 august 0/0 0/6 24 504 george duckworth

george duckworth

george duckworth -lrb- 9 may 1901 -- 5 january 1966 -rrb- was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for lancashire and england .
duckworth , who won his cricketing fame as a wicket-keeper , was born and died in warrington , lancashire , and joined lancashire in 1922 .
he played his first game for the county in 1923 and his last in 1938 and went on to become a member of the lancashire committee .
1928 was his best season , with him taking 77 catches and 30 stumpings , and this earned him the accolade of being one of the wisden cricketers of the year in 1929 .
he played 24 test matches for england , but as a wicket-keeper he was in direct competition in his later years with les ames , who was a much better batsman .
he was awarded a benefit in 1934 , which raised # 1,257 .
he was reputed to have the loudest shout of appeal of any cricketer of his time .
duckworth 's total of 925 dismissals for lancashire is a record for the county .
after retirement , duckworth was a journalist and a broadcaster on both cricket and rugby league .
he also acted as a cricket tour organiser and as baggage master and scorer on mcc tours .
a dog-bone roundabout in his home town warrington has been named after him .
duckworth 's roundabout is at birchwood way -lrb- a574 -rrb- and oakwood gate .
