George Lee (cricketer)
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George Henry Lee was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
in 1879 in the Roses Match
at Old Trafford. Opening the batting he was bowled by Allan Steel for 4, and in the second innings run out for 9, as Yorkshire suffered an innings defeat, with Steel taking eleven wickets in the match.
Lee was born in Almondbury
, Huddersfield
, Yorkshire
, England
, and died in October 1919 in Lockwood
, Huddersfield
, Yorkshire.
His brother, Herbert Lee
, played five matches for Yorkshire.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in 1879 in the Roses Match
Roses Match
The Roses Match refers to any game of cricket played between Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club. Yorkshire's emblem is the white rose, while Lancashire's is the red rose. The associations go back to the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century...
at Old Trafford. Opening the batting he was bowled by Allan Steel for 4, and in the second innings run out for 9, as Yorkshire suffered an innings defeat, with Steel taking eleven wickets in the match.
Lee was born in Almondbury
Almondbury
Almondbury is a district 2 miles south east of Huddersfield town centre in West Yorkshire, England. The population of Almondbury in 2001 was 7,368Almondbury appears in the Domesday Book as "Almondeberie"...
, Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and died in October 1919 in Lockwood
Lockwood
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, Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
, Yorkshire.
His brother, Herbert Lee
Herbert Lee
Herbert Lee was an English first-class cricketer, who played five matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1885....
, played five matches for Yorkshire.