George Millyard (12 November 1814 – 20 July 1848) was an English professional

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er who played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

from 1835 to 1842. He was a cousin of his Sussex colleagues Jem and William Broadbridge. A left-handed

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, occasional

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and right arm medium pace roundarm bowler who was mainly associated with

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, he made 50 known appearances in first-class matches.CricketArchive
Retrieved on 3 December 2008. He was playing for Sussex when the county club was founded in 1839. He represented the Players in the

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series and the

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in the

North v. South The North of England cricket team, North of England and South of England cricket team, South of England cricket (sport), cricket teams appeared in first-class cricket, first-class matches between the 1836 English cricket season, 1836 and 1961 En ...

series.

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