George Greenfield (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and stockbroker}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = George Price Greenfield

| nickname =

| birth_date = 24 January 1843

| birth_place = Winchester, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|9|3|1843|1|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ealing, Middlesex, England

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 1{{cite book |title=Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Scores and Biographies|first1=Frederick|last1=Lillywhite|first2=Arthur|last2=Haygarth|date=1878|publisher=Longmans Co.|page=43|volume=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dl8IAAAAQAAJ|language=en}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm roundarm fast

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1867–1869

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = 1875

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 120

| bat avg1 = 20.00

| 100s/50s1 = 1/–

| top score1 = 102

| deliveries1 = 256

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 19.80

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/38

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 14 February

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13442.html Cricinfo

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George Price Greenfield (24 January 1843 – 3 September 1917) was an English first-class cricketer and stockbroker.

Greenfield was born at Winchester in January 1843. As a child he was privately educated, after which he became a stockbroker in Surrey. Greenfield made his debut in first-class cricket when he was selected to play for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South at The Oval in 1866. The following season he played two matches for Surrey against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, and Yorkshire at The Oval.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6624/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by George Greenfield|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-05-24|url-access=subscription}} He next appeared for Surrey against Lancashire in 1869, scoring what would be his only first-class century with a score of 102 in the Surrey first innings of 277 all out.{{cite book |title=Scores and Annals of the West Kent Cricket Club, 1812-1896|first=Philip|last=Norman|date=1897|publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode|page=211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JaNGAQAAMAAJ|language=en}} Greenfield would later play for Hampshire, making a single first-class appearance for them against Kent at Winchester. Described by Arthur Haygarth as "a fine and free hitter", Greenfield scored a total of 120 runs in his five first-class matches at an average of exactly 20.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6624/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Greenfield|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-05-24|url-access=subscription}} Haygarth also described his right-arm roundarm bowling as being bowled at a "tremendous speed", with him taking 5 wickets in first-class cricket.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6624/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by George Greenfield|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-05-24|url-access=subscription}} Greenfield died at Ealing in September 1917.Deaths. Middlesex County Times. 8 September 1917. p. 4.