George Rogers (cricketer, born 1905)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = George Howard Rogers

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|4|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Redruth, Cornwall, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|2|24|1905|4|4|df=yes}}

| death_place = Camborne, Cornwall, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Minor Counties

| year1 = 1939

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| club2 = Cornwall

| year2 = 1924–1939

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| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 8

| bat avg1 = 4.00

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| top score1 = 8

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| date = 3 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19797.html Cricinfo

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George Howard Rogers (4 April 1905 – 24 February 1958) was an English cricketer. Rogers was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Redruth, Cornwall.

Rogers made his debut for Cornwall in the 1924 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. Rogers played Minor counties cricket for Cornwall from 1924 to 1939, making 86 appearances,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32464/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by George Rogers|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 June 2011}} before his career was abruptly halted by World War II.

He made his only first-class appearance for the Minor Counties cricket team against Oxford University in 1939.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32464/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by George Rogers|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 June 2011}} In the Minor Counties first-innings, he was dismissed for a duck by Algernon Marsham. In their second-innings, he was dismissed for 8 runs by the same bowler.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16992.html|title=Oxford University v Minor Counties, 1939|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 June 2011}}

He died in Camborne, Cornwall on 24 February 1958.