George Studd

George Studd

George Studd (right) with his brothersKynastonandCharles
Personal information
Born	20 October 1859 Netheravon,Wiltshire,England
Died	13 February 1945 (aged 85) Pasadena, California,U.S.
Batting	Right-handed
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap41)	30 December 1882 vAustralia
Last Test	21 February 1893 vAustralia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 4 87 Runs scored 31 2,892 Batting average 4.42 21.90 100s/50s 0/0 3/15 Top score 9 120 Ballsbowled – 76 Wickets – 2 Bowling average – 14.50 5 wickets in innings – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 1/5 Catches/stumpings 8/– 74/–
Source:CricInfo,1 November 2022

George Brown Studd(20 October 1859 – 13 February 1945) was an English cricketer and missionary.

Studd was the second eldest of the famousStudd brothers,who dominated Englishcricketin the late 19th century. He played in fourTestswith theEnglish cricket team,and playedfirst-class cricketforCambridge UniversityandMiddlesex County Cricket Club.

Studd was born at Netheravon House, nearAmesbury,Wiltshire, England. He won his cricket Colours forEtonin 1877 when he scored 32 and 23 againstHarrowand 54 againstWinchester.He went up toTrinity College, Cambridgein 1878,where he won his Blue as afreshmanand played in the university match, againstOxford,four times. He made 38 and 40 against Oxford in 1880, and he and two of his brothers,KynastonandCharles,were together in the Cambridge team in 1881 and 1882. George was captain of Cambridge in 1882, when he scored 120, which at the time was only the seventh three-figure score and the second highest in University matches. While primarily a cricketer, George also played against Oxford in singles and doublestennisduring his last two years as an undergraduate at Cambridge.

In 1882, he made 819 runs in first-class matches and then scored 289 while playing for the Cambridge Long Vacation Club. George and his brother Charles toured Australia in 1882/3 with theMarylebone Cricket Club(MCC) captained by the HonourableIvo Bligh.The team won backthe Ashes,but George disappointed in the four Tests in which he played, scoring only 31 runs in 7innings.

George was called to theBar,but never practised. Like his brother Charles, he became amissionary,initially with the Peniel Mission of Theodore andManie Payne Ferguson,before joining theApostolic Faithmission in September 1907. From 1891 until his death, he lived and worked in a notorious and squalid area of SouthernLos AngelesinCalifornia.

External links

• Media related toGeorge Studdat Wikimedia Commons
• George StuddatESPNcricinfo
• ObituaryfromWisden Cricketers' Almanack,1946
• George's Missionary statements