George Champion (cricketer)

George Ernest Champion (15 July 1867 – 30 September 1933) was an English amateur cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1892. He was born at Stockbury in Kent, the son of Joseph and Jane Champion, and educated at Southborough. His father was a farmer and land developer, and Champion followed him into business, farming at Linton, Kent.[1][2]

George Champion
Personal information
Full name
George Ernest Champion
Born(1867-07-15)15 July 1867
Stockbury, Kent
Died30 September 1933(1933-09-30) (aged 66)
Linton, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1892Kent
Only FC20 June 1892 Kent v Somerset
Source: CricInfo, 21 December 2020

Champion played in a non-first-class Gentlemen of Kent v Players of Kent match in May 1892, scoring six runs and 29 runs when opening the batting in the first and second innings respectively. His only first-class appearance came the following month against Somerset at Catford in the 1892 County Championship. He failed to score a run in either innings.[2][3] He played club cricket for The Mote and Linton Park in Kent.[2]

Champion married Audrey Benning in 1902; the couple had two children.[2] He died at Redwall Farm at Linton in 1933 aged 66.[1]

References
  1. George Champion, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p.107. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. George Champion, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-16. (subscription required)

George Champion at ESPNcricinfo

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