George Talbot (1761 – 1850) was an English

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er. He was an early

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

(MCC) member who had previously been elected a

Hambledon Club The Hambledon Club was a social club that is famous for its organisation of 18th century cricket matches. By the late 1770s it was the foremost cricket club in England. Foundation The origin of the club, based near Hambledon in rural Hampshire, ...

member in 1788. He played in 23 recorded matches from 1785 to 1791 and was a useful batsman. In HCC, he is mentioned in connection with "some quaint wagers" in the betting book at White's Club. A member of the military, he eventually succeeded to his family title as 3rd Baronet.

References

* ''Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket'' by

G B Buckley George Bent Buckley (1885 – 26 April 1962) was an English surgeon and a celebrated cricket historian and an authority on the early days of the game. Buckley was born in Saddleworth, then part of Yorkshire, the son of Arthur and Jane Buckl ...

(FL18) * ''Hambledon Cricket Chronicle'' by F S Ashley-Cooper (HCC) * ''Scores & Biographies, Volume 1'' by

Arthur Haygarth Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted English amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as wel ...

(SBnnn) * ''The Dawn of Cricket'' by

H T Waghorn Henry Thomas Waghorn (11 April 1842 – 30 January 1930), was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: ''The Dawn of Cricket'' and Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730 - 1773 ...

(WDC) English cricketers Hampshire cricketers English cricketers of 1701 to 1786 English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 1761 births 1850 deaths Kent cricketers Surrey cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers White Conduit Club cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1760s-stub