George Dickinson (Canterbury cricketer)
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St Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand
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| Born | 1828 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 June 1913 (aged 84–85) St Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Round-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1863-64 to 1873-74 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 September 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Dickinson (1828 – 14 June 1913) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1864 to 1874. He was later a first-class umpire.
Born in Yorkshire, Dickinson played in the first recorded cricket match in Christchurch in December 1851, when he was 23.[1] The match took place in Hagley Park, between a Working Men's Eleven (Dickinson's team) and a Christchurch Cricket Club Eleven, as part of the celebrations marking a year since the foundation of Christchurch. Dickinson was one of the most successful batsmen and bowlers in the match.[2] He appeared in a similar celebratory match 20 years later, this time for Old Chums against New Chums, and once again succeeded with both bat and ball.[1]
An accurate slow round-arm bowler, able to break the ball either way off the pitch,[3][4] Dickinson played in the first seven first-class matches in New Zealand, representing Canterbury in their annual match against Otago beginning with the inaugural match in January 1864.[5] His best figures against Otago included 3 for 7 in 1864 and 3 for 17 in 1867, but his most successful match was in 1869, when he scored 30 in the first innings, took 4 for 43, then made 8 not out in the second innings to help Canterbury avert defeat.[4][6]
Dickinson umpired four first-class matches in New Zealand between 1873 and 1885.[7] He built his own cricket practice pavilion in Christchurch, enabling cricketers to practice indoors during winter and in wet weather.[8]