George Lindsay "Billy" Wilson (27 April 1868 – 9 March 1920) was an Australian

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er active from 1886 to 1899 who played for

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. He appeared in 75 first-class matches as a right-handed

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who

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right arm fast medium. He scored 2,605 runs with a highest score of 174 among three centuries and took 34

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s with a best performance of four for 47.Billy Wilson
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1868 births 1920 deaths Australian cricketers Sussex cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in England Victoria cricketers Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford People from Fitzroy, Victoria Cricketers from Melbourne People from the Colony of Victoria {{england-cricket-bio-1860s-stub