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George Vasey
Personal information
Full name
George Herbert Vasey
Born3 October 1880
Islington, Middlesex, England
Died13 June 1951(1951-06-13) (aged 70)
Norwich, Norfolk, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
RelationsPercy Vasey (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1906–1924Hertfordshire
1917/18–1918/19Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 238
Batting average 34.00
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 115
Balls bowled 420
Wickets 9
Bowling average 21.33
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/50
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 July 2019

George Herbert Vasey (3 October 1880 – 13 June 1951) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

Vasey was born at Islington in October 1880 and was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School.[1] He was later employed as an assistant master by Aldenham School, where he served as a second lieutenant with the school contingent of the Officers' Training Corps.[2] He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 1906 Minor Counties Championship.[3]

He served in the First World War with the Dorset Regiment, during which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in December 1914.[4] While serving during the war in British India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees in the 1917–18 Bombay Quadrangular at Bombay. He made three further first-class appearances for the Europeans, the last of which came in 1918–19 Bombay Quadrangular.[5] He also played in the first-class 'victory match' for England against India in November 1918, shortly after the signing of the Armistice.[5] He scored 238 runs at an average of 34.00 in his four first-class matches.[6] His top-score of 115 came against the Indians in January 1918.[7] With the ball, he took 9 wickets (all for the Europeans) at a bowling average of 18.66, with best figures of 5 for 88 on debut against the Parsees.[8][9]

Following the war, he resumed playing minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 1924.[3] He also resumed his teaching career at Aldenham School, retiring in July 1944.[10] Vasey died at Norwich in June 1951. His brother, Percy, also played first-class cricket.

References

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  1. ^ Merchant Taylors' School Register, 1851-1920. Merchant's Taylors' Company. 1923. p. 279.
  2. ^ "No. 28266". The London Gazette. 2 July 1909. p. 5068.
  3. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by George Vasey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. ^ "No. 29043". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 January 1915. p. 597.
  5. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by George Vasey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Player profile: George Vasey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Europeans v Indians, 1917/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  8. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Vasey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Europeans v Parsees, 1917/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  10. ^ "No. 36711". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 September 1944. p. 4379.
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