George Fauquier

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = George Fauquier

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| country = England

| fullname = George Lillie Wodehouse Fauquier

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1798|11|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hampton Court, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1887|02|26|1798|11|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = West Haddow, Northamptonshire, England

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| bowling =

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = 1819–1821

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| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 24 May

| debutyear1 = 1819

| debutfor1 = Cambridge University

| debutagainst1 = Cambridge Town Club

| lastdate1 = 24 May

| lastyear1 = 1821

| lastfor1 = Cambridge University

| lastagainst1 = Cambridge Town Club

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 29

| bat avg1 = 5.80

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 10*

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| wickets1 = 8

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| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/?

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/0

| date = 15 July

| year = 2009

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36784/36784.html Cricket Archive

}}

Reverend George Lillie Wodehouse Fauquier (30 November 1798 – 26 February 1887) was an English first-class cricketer who had a four-match career for Cambridge University between 1819 and 1821.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13258.html|title=Player Profile: George Fauquier|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2009-07-15}}

Born in Hampton Court to Thomas Fauquier and Charlotte Townshend, he was one of ten children,{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markfreeman/fauquie2.html |title=Fauquier family of France, England and Canada |date=14 April 2008 |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=2009-07-15 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and attended Pembroke College, Cambridge.{{acad|id=FKR817GW|name=Fauquier, George [Lillie Wodehouse]}}{{cite book|title=The Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire|publisher=Royal Post Office|year=1869}} He scored the majority of his 29 career runs on 24 May 1819, against Cambridge Town Club,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/381.html|title=Cambridge Town Club v Cambridge University|date=25 May 1819|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2009-07-15}} and managed to take four wickets in each of the next two seasons.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36784/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by George Fauquier|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2009-07-15}} He went on to become a vicar of West Haddon in Northamptonshire, authoring Readings and Addresses To Be Used With the Order for the Visitation of the Sick in 1869.{{cite book|last=Fauquier|first=George|title=Readings and Addresses To Be Used With the Order for the Visitation of the Sick|publisher=Rivingtons|location=London|year=1869|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOgCAAAAQAAJ}}