George Deane (cricketer)

George Onslow Deane (11 December 1828 – 16 February 1929) was an English cricketer.

George Onslow Deane
Personal information
Full name
George Onslow Deane
Born(1828-12-11)11 December 1828
Bighton, Hampshire, England
Died16 February 1929(1929-02-16) (aged 100)
Dymock, Gloucestershire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1848Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2010

Life

He was born at Bighton, Hampshire, where his father George Deane (died 1872) was vicar; his mother was Mary Grant, daughter of Thomas Grant of Soberton. He was educated at Winchester College from 1839, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1846. He became an ensign in the 22nd Foot in 1848, and a lieutenant in 1851, retiring in 1854. In later life he was a Justice of the Peace for Gloucestershire, residing at The Boyce Court.[1][2][3]

Deane had the distinction of becoming the first first-class cricketer to reach the age of 100. He died on 16 February 1929 at Dymock, Gloucestershire aged 100 years and 77 days. He was the only person who played first-class cricket for Hampshire before the formation of Hampshire County Cricket Club to reach 100 years of age.[4]

Cricketer

Deane's batting style is unknown. He made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against an All-England Eleven in 1848 at Southampton.[5] Deane was dismissed twice for a duck in this match, by William Hillyer in Hampshire's first-innings, and by John Wisden in their second-innings. The match ended as a draw.[6] This was his only major appearance for Hampshire.

Three other cricketers who played first-class cricket after the formation of Hampshire County Cricket Club have also reached 100 years of age: Edward English in 1964, Neil McCorkell in 2012 and John Manners in 2014.[7]

Family

Deane married in 1852 Georgiana Matilda Drummond, daughter of John Drummond of Boyce Court, near Dymock, Gloucestershire.[8] Their son Horace (1854–1930), later Horace Deane-Drummond, married as his second wife Sophie Pemberton; he was an army officer, tea planter in Ceylon and rubber planter in Travancore. His son John Drummond Deane-Drummond by his first marriage to Caroline Betha Vansittart (died 1919, daughter of William Vansittart, previously married to Reginald Wynniatt) was father to Anthony Deane-Drummond.[9][10][11]

Deane was the Godfather to Alice Jane Hammersley b 4 March 1852; the daughter of William Hammersley first-class cricketer.[12]

See also

References
  1. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Deane, George Onslow" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Deane, George (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. Wainewright, John Bannerman (1907). "Winchester College, 1836-1906 : a register". Winchester : P. and G. Wells. p. 56.
  4. Bolton, Paul (4 June 2011). "Rare cricketing century for Cyril Perkins". The Wisden Cricketer. thecricketer.com. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  5. "First-Class Matches played by George Deane". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  6. "Hampshire v All England Eleven, 1848". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  7. "Neil McCorkell reaches century". ESPNcricinfo. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  8. Walford, E. (1882). The county families of the United Kingdom. Рипол Классик. p. 190. ISBN 9785871943618.
  9. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929–30). Armorial Families. Vol. 1 (7th ed.). London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 517.
  10. John Francis Bosher (2012). Vancouver Island in the Empire. Llumina Press. ISBN 9781605948287.
  11. Who's who 2010. A. & C. Black. 7 December 2009. p. 590. ISBN 9781408114148.
  12. Ancestry.com. Manchester, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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