Reverend George Lillie Wodehouse Fauquier (30 November 1798 – 26 February 1887) was an English first-class cricketer who had a four-match career for Cambridge University between 1819 and 1821.[1]
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Full name | George Lillie Wodehouse Fauquier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1798-11-30)30 November 1798 Hampton Court, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 February 1887(1887-02-26) (aged 88) West Haddow, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1819-1821 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 24 May 1819 Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 24 May 1821 Cambridge University v Cambridge Town Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 15 July 2009 |
Born in Hampton Court to Thomas Fauquier and Charlotte Townshend, he was one of ten children,[2] and attended Pembroke College, Cambridge.[3][4] He scored the majority of his 29 career runs on 24 May 1819, against Cambridge Town Club,[5] and managed to take four wickets in each of the next two seasons.[6] He went on to become a vicar of West Haddon in Northamptonshire, authoring Readings and Addresses To Be Used With the Order for the Visitation of the Sick in 1869.[7]