George Pinder (cricketer)

George Pinder (15 July 1841 – 15 January 1903) was an English first-class cricketer.[1]

George Pinder

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club side in 1875. Pinder is on the left of the second row.
Personal information
Full name	George Pinder Hattersley
Born	(1841-07-15)15 July 1841 Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Died	15 January 1903(1903-01-15) (aged 61) Hickleton, Yorkshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Underarm (unknown hand) slow
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	England
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 179 Runs scored 2,415 Batting average 10.97 100s/50s –/3 Top score 78 Balls bowled 1,144 Wickets 23 Bowling average 20.91 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 4-56 Catches/stumpings 221/136
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His birth name was George Pinder Hattersley and he was born in Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. A wicket-keeper, he played for Yorkshire from 1867 to 1880,[1] and for the All-England Eleven from 1867 to 1871. He also umpired in some matches between 1873 and 1880.

He was recognised as a fine wicket-keeper, his work to the fast bowlers - at a time when keepers "stood up" (i.e. within arm's reach of the wicket) to fast bowling - being particularly impressive. He had plenty of practice, since Tom Emmett was in the same Yorkshire side. He had to deal with Emmett's famous "sostenuter", a ball pitching on the leg stump and then breaking sharply towards the off bail. He was renowned for the slickness of his stumpings of batsmen. When Tom Hearne was stumped off a leg-shooter he exclaimed: "I don't call that stumping; I call it shovelling of 'em in!"

He is believed to have been the first keeper to dispense with a long-stop, during a North v. South match in the mid or late 1870s. The idea came from his captain A. N. Hornby. Pinder was at first reluctant, but the experiment was a success. On another occasion, at The Oval, Ephraim Lockwood who was fielding long-stop said: "Nay, George, I've been behind thee for twenty-three overs and had nowt to stop. I'm off where there's summat [something] to do."

Pinder died in January 1903 in Hickleton, Yorkshire, aged 61.